1. Las comparaciones y los superlativos
Español II

2. Los superlativos

3. Superlatives are used to state the idea of very, super, or extremely
Los superlativos
Superlatives are used to state the idea of very, super, or extremely

4. Los superlativos To form a superlative:
If the adjective ends in a vowel: take off the last vowel and add ísimo
Bueno → buen → buenísimo
If the adjective ends in a consonant: add the ísimo right to the end of the word
Trabajador → trabajadorísimo
Make sure the adjective agrees with the noun
Dora era gordísima y sus hermanas eran delgadísimas.

5. Los superlativos There are three types of irregulars/spelling changes
Adjectives ending in C → QU
Rico → riquísimo
Adjectives ending in G → GU
Largo → larguísimo
Adjectives ending in Z → C
Feliz → felicísmo

6. Los comparativos de desigualdad

7. Comparative Adjectives
We compare adjectives when two or more nouns have the same quality (height, size, color, any characteristic) and we want to indicate that one of these nouns has a greater, lesser, or equal degree of this quality.
Example: Mr. Miga is smart but the class is smarter.
In English and Spanish, there are two types of comparisons: comparatives and superlatives.

8. Comparative Adjectives (English)
The comparative is used to compare one noun to another noun. You can do this in three ways:
Greater →“greater degree (more)” (1 way to form in English)
Mr. Miga is smarter than the class.
The class is more intelligent than Mr. Miga.
Lesser → “lesser degree (less)” (2 ways to form in English)
Mr. Miga is less intelligent than the class.
Mr. Miga is not as smart as the class.
To be discussed later… mwa ha ha!

9. Comparative Adjectives (Español)
There are also the same three ways to compare in Spanish as in English. But, there are a couple things to remember:
Adjectives must always agree with the noun they are describing
Comparative adjectives always describe more than one noun
Nevertheless, the adjective you will use in your comparison always agrees in gender and number with the first noun.

10. Comparative Adjectives (Español)
más
más
Greater→ “more than”
Lesser → “less than”
que
que
que
más
AGREEMENT
subject
adjective
que
AGREEMENT
menos
subject
adjective

11. Comparative Adjectives (Español)
Irregulars
better
mejor que
worse
peor que
older
mayor que
younger
menor que

12. Comparative Adjectives (Español)
¡Pruébalo!
Mr. Miga is more curious than a Smurf.
Mr. Miga es … Smurf.
more than → más (adjective) que..
Curious → curioso
Which subject must our adjective agree with?
Mr. Miga → curious
Curioso
Mr. Miga es más curioso que un Pitufo.

13. Comparative Adjectives (Español)
¡Pruébalo!
The boys are more obedient than a dog.
Los chicos son más obedientes que un perro.
We are better than Mrs. Mitchell’s class.
(Nosotros) Somos mejores que la clase de Sra. Mitchell.
You are less selfish than Brad Pitt.
(Tú) Eres menos egoísta que Brad Pitt.
She is older than Elmo.
Ella es mayor que Elmo.
You girls are less quiet than me.
Vosotras sois menos calladas que yo.

14. Los comparativos de igualdad

15. Equal comparisons
In English and Spanish, remember there are three types of comparatives:
Greater than
to be + -er
more than
Less than
not as ... as
less than

16. Equal comparisons Equality (equal to) as … as
These can be comparisons of adjectives or things.
Examples:
Mr. Miga is as smart as a dog. (adjective)
The class has as many students as desks. (things)

17. Equal comparisons Remember when we do adjectives in Spanish…
Adjective must agree in gender and number
In comparatives, the adjective must agree with the first noun of the sentence

18. Equal comparisons tan más que subject adjective
1. If you are comparing adjectives or adverbs…
que
tan
como
AGREEMENT
subject
adjective

19. Equal comparisons Ejemplo: The movie is as interesting as the book.
Start with what we know:
La película es … el libro.
What part of speech is interesting?
Adjective
Adjective → tan como
What does interesting agree with?
La película
Interesante
La película es tan interesante como el libro.

20. Equal comparisons más que noun como 2. If you are comparing nouns…
tanto
tanta
tantos
tantas
noun
como

21. Equal comparisons Ejemplo: The class has as many boys as girls.
Start with what we know:
La clases tiene … chicos … chicas.
What parts of speech are boys and girls?
nouns
Nouns → tanto/a/os/as como
What does tanto agree with?
los chicos
tantos
La clase tiene tantos chicos como chicas.

22. Equal comparisons ¡Pruébalo! Delgado What does delgado mean?
Skinny
What part of speech is skinny?
Adjective
What formula will we use?
Adjective → tan como

23. Equal comparisons ¡Pruébalo! Delgado Put the sentence together.
What will delgado agree with?
Carlota
Carlota → delgada
Put the sentence together.
Carlota es tan delgada como Luis.

24. Equal comparisons Amigos Popular Inteligente Clases Actividades
Carlota tiene tantos amigos como Luis.
Popular
Carlota es tan popular como Luis.
Inteligente
Carlota es tan inteligente como Luis.
Clases
Carlota tiene tantas clases como Luis.
Actividades
Carlota tiene tantas actividades como Luis.