Comparison of Adjectives
Običajno dodamo pripono -er enozložnim pridevnikom v primerniku, v presežniku pa dodamo besedo the in zapono -est.
Adjectives with one syllable
positive |
comparative |
superlative |
clean |
cleaner |
the cleanest |
new |
newer |
the newest |
V primerniku dodamo pripono -er dvozložnim pridevnikom, ki se končajo z -er, v presežniku besedo the in zapono -est.
Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er
positive |
comparative |
superlative |
clever |
cleverer |
the cleverest |
Prav tako v primerniku dodamo pripono -er dvozložnim pridevnikom, ki se končajo z -y, -le in -ow, v presežniku besedo the in zapono -est.
Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y
Če se dvozložni pridevniki končajo z -y, spremenimo pripono -y v -ier.
Positive |
comparative |
superlative |
funny pretty |
funnier prettier |
the funniest the prettiest |
Adjectives ending in -le
positive |
comparative |
superlative |
simple |
simpler |
simplest |
Adjectives ending in -ow
positive |
comparative |
superlative |
narrow |
narrower |
narowest |
Comparison with more - most
Če imamo dvo- ali večzložne pridevnike, primerniku dodamo besedo more, presežniku pa the most.
positive |
comparative |
superlative |
difficult |
more difficult |
(the) most difficult |
Irregular adjectives
Obstajajo tudi nepravilni pridevniki.
positive |
comparative |
superlative |
comment |
good |
better |
the best |
|
bad |
worse |
the worst |
|
much |
more |
the most |
uncountable nouns / neštevni samostalniki |
many |
more |
the most |
countable nouns / števni samostalniki |
little |
less |
the least |
|
little |
smaller |
the smallest |
|
far |
further |
the furthest |
|
Pri nekaterih pridevnikih pa se spremeni zapis besede.
Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est
positive |
comparative |
superlative |
comment |
large |
larger |
largest |
leave out the silent -e (končni -e se izpusti) |
big |
bigger |
biggest |
Double the consonant after short vowel (soglasnik se podvoji po kratkem samoglasniku) |
sad |
sadder |
saddest |
|
dirty |
dirtier |
dirtiest |
Change -y to -i (consonant before -y) (če je pred -y soglasnik, se -y spremni v -i) |
shy |
shyer |
shyest |
Here -y is not changed to -i, although consonant before -y (posebnost, -y se ne spremeni v -i, čeprav stoji pred njim soglasnik) |