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Comparisons
Usually comparisons are made by placing plus or moins before an adjective
or adverb. The word vite can be either an
adverb or an adjective.
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Comparisons |
Superlatives |
Equality |
vite
quickly |
plus vite que
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more quickly than |
le plus vite
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the most quickly/ the fastest
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aussi vite que |
as quickly as
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moins vite que
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less quickly than |
le moins vite
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the least quickly / the slowest |
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Arlette parle moins vite que Jeanne, mais plus vite que Nadine.
Arlette speaks less quickly than Jeanne, but more quickly than Nadine. |
Irregular forms
| Adverbs |
Comparisons |
Superlatives |
bien
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well |
mieux
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better |
le mieux
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the best |
| mal |
badly |
plus mal
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worse |
le pis |
the worst
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beaucoup
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much |
plus
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more |
le plus
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most, the most |
peu
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little |
moins
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less |
le moins
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the least |
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Pierre travaille bien, Henri travaille mieux que lui, mais
George est le meilleur des trois.
Pierre works well, Henri works better than him but, George is the
best of the three.
Marie etudie beaucoup. Jean etudie le moins des deux.
Marie studies a lot Jean studies the least.
Marie a les cheveux les plus jolis de la classe.
Marie has the prettiest hair in the class.
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A few adjectives have special forms:
| Adjectives |
Comparisons |
Superlatives |
bon
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good |
meilleur
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better |
le meilleur
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the best |
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mauvais
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bad |
plus mauvais/pire
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worse |
le pire |
the worst
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Ce gâteau est bon mais celui-ci est meilleur.
This cake is good but this one is better.
Vos résultats sont plus mauvais que je pensais.
Your results are worse than I thought.
Le temps est mauvais, mais il était pire hier.
The weather is bad, but it was worse yesterday.
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