COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES
AND
SUPERLATIVES
AGGETTIVI
MAGGIORANZA
MONOSILLABICI
AGG+.+ER+THAN
e
BISILLABICI
IN
Y‐
OW‐ER∗
POLISILLABICI
MORE
+
AGG+THAN
MINORANZA
UGUAGLIANZA
SUPERLATIVO
LESS
AS
+AGG+AS…
THE
+
+AGG.+THAN
AGG+EST+
OF
/IN
LESS
+
AGG+
AS
+AGG
+AS…
THAN
THE
MOST
+
AGG.+
OF/IN
∗
gli
aggettivi
bisillabici
in
er
possono
essere
trattati
anche
come
i
polisillabici
 THAN
introduce
il
secondo
termine
di
paragone
 Il
superlativo
è
generalmente
seguito
da
OF
tranne
quando
si
tratta
di
un
luogo:
in
tal
caso
si
usa
IN.
AGGETTIVI
MAGGIORANZA
MINORANZA
UGUAGLIANZA
SUPERLATIVO
MONOSILLABICI
SMALLER
LESS
SMALL
AS
SMALL
AS…
THE
ex:
SMALL
SMALLEST
BISILLABICI
IN
HAPPIER
LESS
HAPPY
AS
HAPPY
AS…
THE
Y‐
OW‐ER∗
NARROWER
HAPPIEST
LESS
AS
NARROW
ex:HAPPY
NARROW
AS…
THE
NARROW
NARROWEST
POLISILLABICI
MORE
LESS
AS
RELAXING
THE
MOST
ex:
RELAXING
RELAXING
RELAXING
AS…
RELAXING
GOOD
BETTER
LESS
GOOD
AS
GOOD
AS…
THE
BEST
BAD
WORSE
LESS
BAD
AS
BAD
AS…
THE
WORST
FAR
FARTHER
LESS
FAR
AS
FAR
AS…
THE
FARTHEST
Ex:
My
dog
is
smaller
than
your
cat
Your
cat
is
less
small
than
my
dog
Reading
is
as
relaxing
as
watching
a
film
Bob
is
the
happiest
boy
of
his
class
Skiing
is
more
boring
than
swimming
Swimming
is
the
most
interesting
sport