MLW #24: Adjectives - comparison (2.1)

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Oct 14
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Updated: Oct 15

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WHAT IS COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES?

Comparison of adjectives is changing an adjective from its base form, positive, into its comparative or superlative form, which we do when comparing things.

positive	comparative	superlative
good	better	best

HOW WE COMPARE ADJECTIVES IN SWEDISH

A) by adding the suffixes -are and -ast

positive	comparative	superlative
skön (nice)	skönare	skonast
snäll (kind)	snällare	snällast
farlig (dangerous)	farligare	farligast

B) by adding the suffixes -re and -st

In that case, the vowels can be changed!

positive	comparative	superlative
stor (big)	större	störst
hög (high, tall)	högre	högst
låg (low)	lägre	lägst
lång (long)	längre	längst
ung (young)	yngre	yngst
tung (heavy)	tyngre	tyngst

C) irregular comparison

positive	comparative	superlative
bra (good)	bättre	bäst
dålig (bad)	sämre / värre	sämst / värst
gammal (old)	äldre	äldst
liten (little, small)	mindre	minst

D) comparison with mer and mest

longer adjectives
adjectives that end in -isk, -ande, -ende and -ad

positive	comparative	superlative
intressant (interesting)	mer intressant	mest intressant
praktisk (practical)	mer praktisk	mest praktisk
spännande (exciting)	mer spännande	mest spännande
intresserad (interesting)	mer intresserad	mest intresserad

Exercises

Trevlig, snäll, smal (nice, kind, narrow) - choose the correct comparative / superlative:

A. trevligast

B. snällre

C. smalst

Trygg, svår (safe, hard) - choose the correct comparative / superlative:

A. tryggst

B. svårste

C. tryggare

Stor (big) - choose the correct comparative:

A. störe

B. större

C. store

Hög (high) - choose the correct superlative:

A. hogst

B. hågst

C. högst

Lägre (lower) - choose the correct positive:

A. låg

B. log

C. läg

Lång (long) - choose the correct superlative:

A. långst

B. längst

C. longst

Ung (young) - choose the correct comparative:

A. yngre

B. ungre

C. ynggre

Tung (heavy) - choose the correct superlative:

A. tyngst

B. tynggst

C. tynst

Choose the correct pairing of positive and comparative:

A. bra - sämre

B. dålig - värre

C. liten - mer

Äldre (older) - choose the correct positive:

A. bra

B. liten

C. gammal

Fantastisk (fantastic) - choose the correct comparative:

A. mer fantastisk

B. fantastiskare

C. mest fantastisk

Mer spännande (more exciting) - choose the correct positive:

A. spännande

B. spännand

C. spänd

Correct answers

Trevlig, snäll, smal (nice, kind, narrow) - choose the correct comparative / superlative: