Comparative and superlative

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Adjectives:

 

كبير

 

/kbeer/

 

Big

 

عَظيم

 

/ʻaDHeem/

 

Great

 
   
   

Adjectives:

 

صغير

 

/Sgheer/

 

Small

 

طويل

 

/Tweel/

 

Tall

 
   
   

أَفْعَل مِنْ

 

/ʼafʻal min/

 

Is specific to the Arabic language, as it represents the pattern/ form of how comparative is made

 

As in

 

كبير -- أَكْبَر مِنْ

 

/ʼakbar min/ /kbeer/

 

Big -- Bigger than

 
   
   

When building the comparative the adjective is always followed by  مِنْ

 

As in

 

سامي أَطْوَل مِنْ كريم

 

/saamee ʼaTwal min kareem/

 

Sami is taller than Kareem

 
   
   

Without

مِنْ

the adjective will turn into superlative

 

As in

أَكْبَر بَيْت

 

Comparative:

أَكْبَر مِنْ

 

Superlative:

أَكْبَر

 
   

Example:

 

عَظيم

 

/ʻaDHeem/

 

Great

 

أَعْظَم

 

/ʼaʻDham/

 

Greater

 
   
 

Example:

 

صغير

 

/Sgheer/

 

Small

 

أَصْغَر

 

/ʼaSghar/

 

Smaller

 
   
   

Example:

 

طويل

 

/Tweel/

 

Tall/ Long

 

أَطْوَل

 

/ʼaTwal/

 

Taller/ Longer

 
   
 

Example:

 

أَكْبَر مَدْرَسِة

 

/ʼakbar madraseh/

 

The biggest school

 
   
   

Examples:

 

أَحْسَن مِنْ

 

/ʼaHsan min/

 

Better than

 

أَكْبَر مِنْ

 

/ʼakbar min/

 

Bigger/ Older than

 

أَصْغَر مِنْ

 

/ʼaSghar min/

 

Smaller than

 
   
   

هَداك

 

/hadaak/

 

Means

 

That (Masculine nouns)

 

As in

 

هَداك الكتاب

 

/hadaak ilktaab/

 

That book

 
   
   

هَديك

 

/hadeek/

 

Means 

 

That (Feminine nouns)

 

As in

 

هَديك الجامْعَة

 

/hadeek iljaamʻah/

 

That university

 
   
   

يا

 

/yaa/

 

Is a vocative particle for both genders, it is followed by a noun or a proper noun

 

As in

 

يـا كَريم

 

/yaa kareem/

 

Hey Kareem

 
   
   

Examples:

 

يا فَرَح

 

/yaa faraH/

 

Hey Farah

 

يا عُمَر

 

/yaa ʻumar/

 

Hey Umar

 
   
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