Postoje 3 stepena prideva:
pozitiv – young
komparativ – younger
superlativ – (the) youngest
Upotreba
Komparative upotrebljavamo za opisivanje ljudi i stvari:
This car is certainly better, but it’s much more expensive.
I’m feeling happier
We need a bigger
Predlog than upotrebljavamo za poređenje jedne stvari ili osobe sa
drugom:
She is two years older than
New York is much bigger than
He is a better player than
France is a bigger country than
Ukoliko želimo da opišemo kako se neko ili nešto menja, upotrebljavamo
komparativ i veznik and:
The balloon got bigger and bigger.
Everything is getting more and more expensive.
Grandfather is looking older and older.
Često upotrebljavamo komparative i određeni član (the) da bismo pokazali
da jedna stvar zavisi od druge:
When you drive faster, it is more dangerous. > The faster you
drive, the more dangerous it is.
When they climbed higher, it got colder. > The higher they
climbed, the colder it got.
Superlativ izražava najveći ili najmanji stepen neke osobine u odnosu na
skup osoba ili stvari. Uz pridev u superlativu najčešće koristimo određeni
član (the):
It was the happiest day of my life.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
That’s the best film I have seen this year.
I have three sisters, Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest.
Građenje
Kod jednosložnih i nekih dvosložnih prideva komparativ se gradi
dodavanjem sufiksa –er, a superlativ dodatkom sufiksa –est:
young – younger – the youngest
Kod pridevi koji se završavaju na –y ispred kojeg se nalazi suglasnik, –
y se menja u –i:
happy – happier – the happiest
Kod jednosložnih pridevi sa kratkim samoglasnikom, poslednji suglasnik
se duplira:
big – bigger – biggest
hot – hotter – the hottest
Komparativ višesložnih prideva gradi se pomoću priloga more, a
superlativ pomoću priloga most:
interesting – more interesting – the most interesting
Poređenje po jednakosti znači da dva subjekta u istoj meri poseduju neku
osobinu. U tu svrhu koristimo as … as:
Mary is as beautiful as her sister. (Meri je lepa kao njena sestra.)
Neki pridevi i prilozi porede se nepravilno:
good – better – the best
bad – worse – the worst
little – less – the least
much/many – more – the most