COMPARING ADJECTIVES / STOPNJEVANJE PRIDEVNIKOV

Pridevnike lahko primerjaš oz.stopnjuješ takole.

ISTOVRSTNOST:   You teacher is not as nice as mine.

PRIMERNIK:          My parents are older than yours.

PRESEŽNIK:           She is the strongest person in the class.

PRAVILA ZA STOPNJEVANJE PRIDEVNIKOV:

Oblika pridevnika osnovnik primernik presežnik
kratka beseda
(1 zlog)
tall
nice
taller
nicer
tallest
nicest
2 zloga
(glej naslednjo tabelo)
clever
patient
cleverer
more patient
cleverest
most patient
dolga beseda
(3 zlogi in več)
exciting more exciting most exciting
druga beseda good
bad
far
better
worse 
farther
further
best
worst
farthest
furthest

DVOZLOŽNI PRIDEVNIKI

_er,
_est
_y
_le
_ow
drugi pridevniki
happier, sillier, funnier
gentler, simpler
narrower, shallower
cleverer, quieter
more
most
_ed
_ing
_ful
a_
drugi pridevniki
bored, frightened
boring, tiring
careful, useful
afraid, alone, awake
modern, certain, exact

POSEBNOSTI V RABI: Pisava

a) Podvojitev soglasnikov
                     V primerniku in presežniku se pri nekaterih pridevnikih končni
                      soglasnik podvoji
                      sadder, thinner, wetter, bigger, fatter, hotter

b) __y __ier/__iest
                      Če se pridevnik konča na 'y', se ta v primerniku in presežniku
                      spremeni v '
i'.
                      happy happier; funny funnier

5.7.2 SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE / IZRAŽANJE PODOBNOSTI IN RAZLIČNOSTI

Za izražanje podobnosti in različnosti med dvema stvarema lahko uporabiš tele besede.

Your cassette recorder is like

the same as

different from

mine