Postoje tri 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