unit 4.1 Great,greater,greatest

If you compare people or business, you often use the comparative or superlative.

examples:

this car is larger than than my car                                                   die auto is groter dam mijn auto.                         (vergrotende trap)

he's the tallest man i know                                                              hij is de grootste man die ik ken                          (overtreffende trap)

short words get in English -er and-est at the comparative and superlative.

cold       colder   coldest                             koud kouder koudst

small    smaller    smallest                         klein kleiner kleinst

large     larger      lergest                           groot   groter   grootst.

at most long words (more than 1 syllable) puts you there more or most for.

stupid                    more stupid                most stupid                                    dom - dommer - domst

expensive            more expensive          most expensive                             duur - duurder - duurst\

words of one or two syllables ending in-y get -ier and -iest

funny           funnier         funniest                                  grappig-grappiger- grappigst

dry              dryer            driest                                     droog - droger - droogst.

the last consonant of the word is doubled if a vowel (a-e-o-u-i) stands for.

big       bigger     biggest                                       groot- groter- grootst

fat        fatter      fattest                                         dik - dikker - dikst

some words have and own form for the comparative and superlative

good                           better                  best                                            goed - beter - best

bad                             worse                 worst                                           slecht - slechter- slechtst

little                             less                    least                                           weinig minder minst

much/many                more                  most                                            veel - meer - meest