Superlatives

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Superlatives
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What are superlatives?

• Superlatives are made when one object/one group
  is compared to a larger group of many objects or
  groups.
• Superlatives are among many things, groups,
  ideas, or concepts.

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Superlative formula

• superlatives that are regular have the same
  pattern
• def. article el,la,los,las más/menos
  adjective de/en grupo
• el más most
• el menos least
• De/en of / in

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Superlative

• The boy is the tallest of the students.
• This is a superlative of one among many people.
• It will use the formula def. article
  el,la,los,las más/menos adjective de/en
• Tallest is not a word in Spanish for superlative
  words that end in est in English are made by
  saying most and then the adjective in Spanish.
• Tallest most tall el más alto

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Superlative

• The boy is tallest of the students
• def. article el,la,los,las más/menos
  adjective de/en
• El chico es el más alto de los estudiantes.
• Make sure the adjective and definite article
  agree in number and gender with the subject.

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superlatives

• The cats are the smallest on the farm.
• def. article el,la,los,las más/menos
  adjective de/en
• Los gatos son los más pequeños en la finca.
• Make sure the adjective and the article agree in
  number and gender.

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Superlative

• The boy is tallest of the students
• def. article el,la,los,las más/menos
  adjective de/en
• El chico es el más alto de los estudiantes.
• Make sure the adjective and definite article
  agree in number and gender with the subject.
• There is a second way of saying this use menos
• El chico es el menos bajo de los estudiantes.

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superlatives

• The cats are the smallest on the farm.
• def. article el,la,los,las más/menos
  adjective de/en
• Los gatos son los más pequeños en la finca.
• Make sure the adjective and the article agree in
  number and gender.
• There is a second way of saying this use menos
• Los gatos son los menos grandes en la finca.

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superlatives - irregulars

• There are 4 irregulars
• Viejo old
• Joven young
• Mal bad
• Bueno good
• These are the adjectives that you will see in the
  sentence.

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superlatives - irregular

• Viejo old
• Mayor oldest
• The clocks are the oldest of the things.
• Los relojes son los mayores de las cosas.
• NOTICE This sentence does not use más or menos.
• With irregulars, you do not need to say more or
  less because it is already in the word oldest.

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superlatives - irregular

• joven young
• menor youngest
• The girl is the youngest of the family.
• La chica es la menor de la familia.
• NOTICE This sentence does not use más or menos.
• With irregulars, you do not need to say more or
  less because it is already in the word
  youngest.

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superlatives - irregular

• mal bad
• peor worst
• Winter is the worst of the seasons.
• La estación del invierno es la peor de las
  estaciónes.
• NOTICE This sentence does not use más or menos.
• With irregulars, you do not need to say more or
  less because it is already in the word worst.

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superlatives - irregular

• bueno good
• mejor best
• The Chevrolet drives the best of all the cars.
• El Chevrolet maneja el mejor de todos los carros.
• NOTICE This sentence does not use más or menos.
• With irregulars, you do not need to say more or
  less because it is already in the word best.

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Note When you use a noun as follows He is the
smartest STUDENT in the class The noun goes
before the superlative phrase Ex Él es EL
ALUMNO más inteligente en la clase.