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*<i>Den mann er minntre strung somm den flyga</i> - The man is weaker than the woman. (This can also be formed with the adjective weak, or by using 'ikke' before 'minntre', making 'not as strong') | *<i>Den mann er minntre strung somm den flyga</i> - The man is weaker than the woman. (This can also be formed with the adjective weak, or by using 'ikke' before 'minntre', making 'not as strong') | ||
====Irregular Adjectives==== | |||
Irregular adjectives are normal until they reach the comparative stage. Instead of adding the suffix 'ere', these irregular adjectives are usually put into the comparative by changing the entire word (compare to English 'good', 'better', 'best') | |||
Here is an example of an irregular adjective being used comparatively. | |||
*<i>Det hus er godt</i> - The house is good | |||
*<i>Det hus er bettre</i> - The house is better | |||
*<i>Dette hus er betre ennd det hus</i> - This house is better than that house | |||
====Superlative==== | |||
The superlative form of an adjective is used when saying something is the 'best'. For regular adjectives, the superlative ending is '-est'. Irregular verbs usually end in '-est', but it is part of the stem, or root. In other words, the adjective changes twice, once for comparative, again for superlative, and the superlative version ends in '-est'. | |||
Here is a table showing regular and irregular adjectives in their three forms: | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!'''Regular Adjective''' | |||
!'''Comparative''' | |||
!'''Superlative''' | |||
!'''Meaning''' | |||
!'''Irregular Adjective''' | |||
!'''Comparative''' | |||
!'''Superlative''' | |||
!'''Meaning''' | |||
|- | |||
!strung | |||
|strungere | |||
|strungest | |||
|strong | |||
!godt | |||
|betre | |||
|best | |||
|good | |||
|- | |||
!lille | |||
|lillere | |||
|lillest | |||
|little, small | |||
!hog | |||
|høher | |||
|høhest | |||
|high | |||
|- | |||
!ung | |||
|ungere | |||
|ungest | |||
|young | |||
!gamell | |||
|elt | |||
|eltest | |||
|old | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||