Watch and read: comparatives and superlatives
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Comparatives and superlatives
Adjectives are used to construct the regular form of the comparative and superlative.
Construction of the comparative
To construct a comparative from an adjective -er is added.
moai – moaier
grut – grutter
When an adjective ends in -r, the ending -der is added
lekker – lekkerder
djoer – djoerder
Construction of the superlative
To construct a superlative from an adjective -st is added.
moai – moaist
grut – grutst
lekker – lekkerst
djoer – djoerst
Irregular forms
Some Frisian comparative and superlative forms are irregular.
For example:
| folle – mear – meast | many – more – most |
| goed – better – bêst | good – better – best |
| graach – leaver – leafst | like to – like more – like best |
| min – minder – minst | bad – worse – worst |
In some cases an -e is added to a comparative or superlative. The rules for adding the -e are the same as with adjectives.
For example
It idee
| it bettere idee | in better idee |
De baan
| de moaiere baan | in moaiere baan |
Practise with Quizlet
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