COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Positive Comparative Superlative older the

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Positive – Comparative - Superlative older the oldest

I GROUP (KRATKI PRIDEVI KOJI IMAJU JEDAN SLOG) old cold warm short small tall (hladan) (topao) (nizak / kratak) (mali) (visok) …+ER old. ER the …. +EST the old. EST colder warmer shorter smaller the coldest the warmest the shortest the smallest the tallest

II GROUP (KRATKI PRIDEVI KOJI SE ZAVRŠAVAJU NA – E) …+R nice fine large wide white finer (dobar) (veliki) (širok) (beo) larger wider whiter the…+ST the nice. ST the finest the largest the widest the whitest

III GROUP (KRATKI PRIDEVI KOD KOJIH SE UDVAJA KRAJNJI SUGLASNIK) big hot thin fat flat wet (vreo) (mršav / tanak) (debeo) (ravan) (vlažan) big. GER the big. GEST hotter thinner fatter flatter wetter the hottest the thinnest the fattest the flattest the wettest

IV GROUP (PRIDEVI KOJI SE ZAVRŠAVAJU NA – Y ISPRED KOJEG SE NALAZI SUGLASNIK) happy happ. IER the happ. IEST busy easy hilly heavy friendly busier easier hillier heavier friendlier the busiest the easiest the hilliest the heaviest the friendliest (zauzet) (lak) (brdovit) (težak) (druželjubiv) cloudy cloudiest (oblačan) cloudier the

V GROUP (DUGAČKI PRIDEVI KOJI IMAJU VIŠE SLOGOVA) more. . . the most. . . interesting more interesting the most interesting (zanimljiv / interesantan) dangerous more dangerous the most (opasan) popular more popular the most popular (popularan) expensive more expensive (skup) the most

VI GROUP (NEPRAVILNI OBLICI POREDJENJA PRIDEVAUČIMO IH NAPAMET) good better the best (dobar) bad little much/many most far (loš / rđav / zao) (mali) (dalek) (mnogo) worse less more the worst the least the farther further the farthest the furthest

EXAMPLES This is the best film of all! Today it is hot but yesterday it was even hotter. I am older than my sister. My brother is the youngest in the family. Giraffes are taller than elephants. Be careful: Then I say that English is easier than Maths. (onda / tada / zatim) (od / nego)

SUMMARY � Većina prideva za komparaciju koristi nastavke -er i –est (kod nekih prideva imamo promene u pravopisu: udvajanje suglasnika i promena y - i) � ‘Dugački’ pridevi koriste more- … the most- … � ‘Nepravilni’ oblici imaju posebne komparative i superlative

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