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Comparatives and Superlatives
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Transcript
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES (superiority)
Adjetivos "cortos" o "largos"
1º tenemos que diferenciar si los adjetivos son "CORTOS" o "LARGOS" (tanto para comparativo como superlativo):
CORTOS
Son los adjetivos monosilabos, y los bisilabos acabados en "Y":Big, fast... Easy, lazy...
LARGOS
Son el resto de adjetivos bisilabos y todos los de más de 2 silabas:Boring, narrow... Beautiful, intelligent...
Veamos como se forman
empezamos con los "CORTOS"
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
POSITIVE
RULE
the cleverestthe newest the longest
cleverer thannewer than longer than
clever new long
Al fin al del adjetivo, añadimos "-er" para el comparativo y "-est" para superlativo
the nicestthe bravest the simplest
nicer thanbraver than simpler than
nicebrave simple
Si acaban en "-e" muda, sólo añadiremos "-r" (comparativo) o "-st" (superlativo)
the heaviestthe laziest the prettiest
heavier thanlazier than prettier than
heavylazy pretty
Si acaban en "-y" ésta se quita y añadimos "-ier" (comparativo) o "-iest" (superlativo)
the hottestthe biggest the thinnest
hotter thanbigger than thinner than
hotbig thin
Si son monosilabos y acaban en Consonante+Vocal+Consonante se duplica ésta última (CVC -> CVCC) y añadimos "-er" o "-est"
a continuación los "largos"...
POSITIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
RULE
the most intelligentthe most beautiful the most dangerous
more intelligent thanmore beautiful than more dangerous than
intelligent beautiful dangerous
Al resto de adjetivos que no entran en la categoría anterior, se les pone delante "more" (comparativo) o "most" (superlativo)
...Y los irregulares
the eldestthe least the latest
elder thanless than latter than
old little late
the bestthe worst the furthest
better thanworse than further than
good bad far
Francisco Losa Márquez