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El Superlativo “ Absoluto ”

El Superlativo “ Absoluto ”. O, Cómo usar “ - ísimo ”. When you wish to intensify a quality or exaggerate it, you can do more than simply say, “ muy . . .”. Adverbs: ejemplos “Ella está muy enojada ” Ella está enojadísima ”. How does “- ísimo ” work?.

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El Superlativo “ Absoluto ”

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  1. El Superlativo “Absoluto” O, Cómousar “-ísimo”

  2. When you wish to intensify a quality or exaggerate it, you can do more than simply say, “muy. . .” • Adverbs: ejemplos • “Ella estámuyenojada” • Ella estáenojadísima”

  3. How does “-ísimo” work? Can you see a pattern with the following adjectives? • torpe • obstinado • obstinadas • abierta • leal • valiente • torpísimo (torpísima) • obstinadísimo • obstinadísimas • abiertísima • lealísimo (lealísima) • valientísimo (valientísima)

  4. Másejemplos: • Este paisajeesmuybello. • Este paisajeesbellísimo. • Este paisajeessumamentebello.

  5. Másejemplos: • Ellosestánmuyenamorados. • Ellosestánlocamenteenamorados. • Antonio y suhermano son muytontos. • Antonio y suhermano son tontísimos. • Antonio y suhermano son increíblementetontos.

  6. En resumen: • We can use (as alternatives to “muy”): • -ísimo / ísimos / ísima / ísimas(notice that there are 4 endings) • Adverbs such as: • sumamente (highly) • locamente (crazy/crazily) • increíblemente(incredibly) • absolutamente(absolutely) • (just to name a few of the more common “intensifiers”)

  7. Práctica: ¿Cómo se dice. . .? • The Hulk is really strong. • El Hulk esfuertísimo. • El Hulk esincreíblementefuerte. • El Hulk essumamentefuerte. • She is really gossipy. • Ella eschismosísima. • Ella esincreíblementechismosa.

  8. “-ísimo” spelling changes • Adjectives ending in: • Change to: • Before adding:

  9. Entonces, tenemos. . .

  10. Práctica: How would you “intensify” or exaggerate the following: (show a variety) • grande • fresco • capaz • feo • lento • rojo • grandísimo/grandísima, etc. • fresquísimo, etc. • capacísimo, etc. • feísimo, etc. • lentísimo, etc. • rojísimo, etc.

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