Posts Tagged ‘comparatives’
May
May
Italian comparatives and superlatives
Comparisons happen in different ways in different languages. In English, for example, we just add -er and -est endings onto the end of and adjective to form comparatives and superlatives.
In Italian, they are also easy to form, though it is not done with endings. Instead, it is done with the comparison words più… and
Jun
Jun
Irregular comparisons and superlatives
In addition to the regular comparative forms we already looked at (using più and meno) there are also some irregular comparatives and superlatives for Italian adjectives and adverbs.
Irregular adjective comparisons
With most English comparatives, we just add -er and -est to the adjective (eg: light, lighter, and lightest…), but that
Jun
Jun
Additional style notes about superlatives
We’ve already looked at how to form comparisons in Italian, as well as a few irregular comparative forms. Today I want to suggest one more way to convey the thought, and add a few notes on usage.
Augmentative suffixes
The Italian language allows us imply an additional degree of a particular adjective or adverb —…
Jun
Jun
Descriptive words in Italian
We’re coving the 10 most important things to know to get by in Italian. First, we looked at Italian greetings, at the common courtesies, and asking questions. Last week, we looked at things you will need, numbers, and directions. And this week we started with some basic Italian verbs. Today, we’ll look at some descriptive…
May
May
Turkish comparatives and superlatives
It’s amazing what you find just by searching for terms in your target language. I don’t even remember now what it was that I was originally looking for, but I did my search in Turkish and one of the results that came back was on the web site Hürriyet.
The reason I don’t remember what…