Estructura 5.1 - Comparativos and Superlativos

Question 1

What is the formula for comparativos de desigualidad?

Answer 1

más (o menos) + adjetivo + que (than)

• in this case, we change the vowel for feminine and masculine

Question 2

What do we do in the case of pronouns, adverbs and numbers?

Answer 2

• pronouns can be used in this case
• adverbs can be used but do not change for gender
• numbers use “de” instead of que

Question 3

What is the formula for comparativos de igualidad?

Answer 3

(as) tan + adjetivo (or adverb) + como (as)
- changes for gender

Question 4

What do we do in the case of adverbs and nouns?

Answer 4

• adverbs do not change for gender
• nouns use the formula tanto/a/os/as + nombre + como

Question 5

What are some irregular comparatives?

Answer 5

• Age and Better than/Worse than
  Mayor que/ menor que and mejor que and peor que
• They are invariable in gender but change for plural tense (Ella es mejor - Ellas son mejores)

Question 6

What is the formula for superlatives (el, la, los, las)?

Answer 6

• Defined article (el, la, los, las) + noun (sometimes optional) + más + adjective + de (sometimes optional) —— “en” is sometimes used as well

Question 7

What are some irregular superlatives?

Answer 7

El mayor de… (the oldest of…) Sergio es el mayor de la familia
El mejor de… (the best of…) En matemáticas, Jorge es el mejor de su clase // Ellos son los mejores
El peor de … (the worst of…)

Gender and number is changed in correlation to the article

Question 8

What are some absolute superlatives?

Answer 8

• Equivalent to “extremely - extremadamente”
• Formed using adjective or adverb with the addition of the suffixes (ísimo/a/os/as)

Examples
- Caro - extremadamente caro = carísimo
Car- + ísimo = carísimo
- Bello - extremadamente bello = bellísimo
- Rico- ric+ísimo = *ricísimo = riquísimo (ajustar la letra para mantener sonido)