Regular comparison of adjectives

Comparison of adjectives

1. Comparative (darker, younger, more useful)

2. Superlative (the darkest, the youngest, the most useful)

REGULAR COMPARISON

Monosyllabic (jednoslabičná) adjectives use -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative. The definite article the is used before a superlative.

nice > nicer > the nicest

Final consonants are sometimes doubled:

big > bigger > the biggest
fat > fatter > the fattest
thin > thinner > the thinnest
sad > sadder > the saddest

Final -e is dropped:

large > larger > the largest

When a word ends in a consonant and -y (this means that the final -y is pronounced as /i/), the final -y is changed to -i:

early > earlier > earliest

Adjectives of three or more syllables use more and the most:

careful > more careful > the most careful
expensive > more expensive > the most expensive

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FUNNY > FUNNIER > THE FUNNIEST
NARROW > NARROWER > THE NARROWEST
FRIENDLY > FRIENDLIER > THE FRIENDLIEST
GENTLE > GENTLER > THE GENTLEST
CLEVER > CLEVERER > THE CLEVEREST
SHY > SHYER > THE SHYEST
NOISY > NOISIER > THE NOISIEST