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Title: 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.
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