22 January 2008

Comparison of Adjectives 2


Some more adjectives:

near (nahe) - nearernearest (Entfernung)
near – nearernext – Reihenfolge
Where is the nearest doctor? He is not here, so go to the next.

far (weit) – farther – farthest – (Entfernung)
far – further – furthest – Reihenfolge
Golling is farther from Salzburg than Hallein.
Here is further news (weitere Neuigkeiten)

late– laterlatest (= später – die letzten – neuesten)
late – latterlast = (letztere – der allerletzte)
Jill came later than Jack. (später als)
She always wears the latest fashion. (= die allerletzte/neueste Mode)
John and Jack are brothers. The former (der erstere) is thirty, the latter (der letztere) is thirty-one.
These were his last words. Then he died. (= die letzten Worte)

old – older – oldest
old – elder – eldest - ( Verwendung für Familienmitglieder) und nur attributiv (beifügend)

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