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Comparisons- Superlative


SPANISH
Several ways to construct superlatives are shown below:

1. Write más and then an adjective.

    Di Vinci es el artista más popular.
    Di Vinci is the most popular artist.

2. Use the adjective best or worst.

    mejor - best
    peor - worst

3. Construct a superlative adjective. Take the adjective: if it ends in a consonant, add an ísimo ending, and if it ends in a vowel, remove the vowel and then add an ísimo ending. The four possible ísimo endings are shown below:

  • ísimo
  • ísima
  • ísimos
  • ísimas

If the chosen adjective has an accent, this accent mark is dropped in favor of putting the accent on the first i of ísimo.

Orthographic changes:

  • If the adjective ends in z, the z changes to a c..
  • If the adjective ends in g, a silent u is added to before the ísimo.
  • If the adjective ends in a c, the c is replaced with qu.

FRENCH
To construct a superlative in French, place 'le', 'la' or 'les' in front of either plus (more) or moins (less) and follow with the adjective.

C'est le plus petit pays d'Europe.
It is the smallest country in Europe.

C'est la plus belle plage.
It is the nicest beach.


GERMAN
He likes coffee the best.
Er hat Kaffee am liebsten.