Comparatives

Comparatives are those that give meaning to the word given as well understood among large write bigger. and is also used for when we compare one thing with the other most of all in the size but other aspects including use adjectives and their varying stages which are the postive and the comparative superlative.


- The positive degree concerns the simplest form:

A sunny day / un dia soleado

- The comparative degree refers to a higher quality one thing over another.

A better day / un dia mejor

- The superlative quality concerns at its best:

Today is the best day of the year / hoy es el mejor dia del año



There are also some comparative lessons which we will see below:

-COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
It is sandwiched between the adjective construction "as ... as" (Tan .. como) for affirmative and interrogative sentences and "not as ... as" or "not so ... as" to negative statements .

I'm as young as you / soy tan joven como tú
am I as young as you? / ¿soy tan joven como tú?
I'm not so young as you / no soy tan joven como tú


We can use after the second 'as' the pronoun in nominative or accusative case (He, his, She, her ...)

He is as young as she, He is as young as her / He is as young as she

If it's a comparison between two verbs, we can use the expression "as much as" (tanto como) also negatively

She does not work as much as she should / ella no trabaja tanto como deberia

When the comparison is made between two nouns are used "as much as" for singular and "as many as" for the plural.

I have as much work as my boss / tengo tanto trabajo como mi jefe
I have as many pencils as you / tengo tantos lapices como tu

If we are comparing two countable (books, cars, houses ...) use "as many ... as", but if we are comparing two uncountable nouns (wood, weather, music ...) will use the construction "as much. as .. ".

We have as many books as them / tenemos tantos libros como ellos
We have as much space as them / tenemos tanto espacio como ellos


- COMPARATIVE INFERIORITY
It is sandwiched between the adjective construction "less ... than" (menos. .. it), although it is more common to find equality comparison negatively (which has the same meaning).

He's less young than you / el es menos joven que tu
He's not as young as you / el no es tan joven como tu (more than usual)

Normally used for countless Fewer less for accountants




- COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

It is formed of two modes:

Adding the adjective suffix-er for the comparative superiority and-est for the superlative

Putting the word more (more) for the comparative superiority and "the most" for superlative

=	+  er	+ est
big (grande)	bigger (más grande)	biggest (el más grande)

Putting the word more (more) for the comparative superiority and "the most" for superlative


intelligent / inteligentemore intelligent / más inteligente
the most intelligent / el más inteligente

The one-syllable adjectives form the comparative and superlative with-er and-est

old, older, the oldest / viejo
new, newer, the newest / nuevo
dark, darker, the darkest / oscuro

The two syllables ending in er, and he and ow and those with the accent (prosodic) on the last syllable also form the comparative and superlative with-er and-est


clever, cleverer, the cleverest / listo
idle, idler, the idlest / perezoso
happy, happier, the happiest / feliz
narrow, narrower, the narrowest / estrecho


The other two-syllable adjectives and all three or more form the comparative with more and the superlative with most.

interesting, more interesting, the most interesting / interesante

-Comparatives and superlatives IRREGULAR

Some adjectives form the comparative irregularly

good, better, the best / bueno, mejor, el mejor
bad, worse, the worst / malo, peor, el peor
far, further, the furthest / lejano, más lejano, el más lejano

CONSIDERATIONS:

- When an adjective ends in and just add-r and-st for the comparative and superlative.

large, larger, the largest / grande, más grande, el más grande

- When ending in a consonant + and changing and i

easy, easier, the easiest / fácil

- If it ends in a single consonant prededida of a single vowel, double the consonant

big, bigger, the biggest / grande

- The second term of the comparison is used than that corresponding to Spanish.

He is taller than his brother / Él es más alto que su hermano

- When the comparison is made between two adjectives are used more.

She is more funny than happy / Ella es más alegre que feliz

- The Spanish expression "increasingly" in English equivalent to the two comparative adjective.

The film is becoming more and more interesting / La película se vuelve cada vez más 
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