PORE ENJE PRIDEVA

1. PORE�ENJE PRIDEVA COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

2. COMPARISON 1: Comparatives and Superlatives Nacin poredenja prideva zavisi od broja slogova: 1. Jednoslo�ni pridevi: Komparativ � dodaje se nastavak �er Superlativ � dodaje se nastavak �est Cheap � cheaper � cheapest Large � larger � largest Fast � faster - fastest

3. 2. Dvoslo�ni pridevi koji se zavr�avaju na �y (y postaje �ier): Lucky � luckier � luckiest Easy � easier � easiest Early � earlier � earliest Pretty � prettier - prettiest

4. 3. Du�i pridevi (dva ili vi�e slogova): Komparativ: ispred prideva koristimo rec more Superlativ � rec most Serious � more serious � most serious Often � more often � most often Expensive � more expensive � most expensive

5. 4. Kod nekih dvoslo�nih prideva mo�emo koristiti i jedan i drugi nacin: Clever � cleverer � cleverest Ili more clever � most clever Takvi su i pridevi narrow, quiet, shallow, simple

6. 5. Neki pridevi imaju nepravilno poredenje: Good � better � the best Bad � worse � the worst Far � farther � the farthest Far � further � the furthest Little � less � the least

7. Primeri komparativa You�re older than me. (Ti si stariji od mene.) Can you walk a bit faster? (Mo�e� li da ide� malo br�e) The exam was easy � easier than I expected. (Ispit je bio lak � lak�i nego �to sam mislila) Don�t go by train. It�s more expensive. (Nemoj ici vozom. Skuplji je). He�s more patient than me. Iza komparativa se uvek koristi predlog than.

8. Primeri superlativa What is the longest river in the world? (Koja je najdu�a reka na svetu?) What was the most enjoyable holiday you�ve ever had? (Koji je najprijatniji odmor koji si dosad imao?) Yesterday was the hottest day of the year. (Juce je bio najtopliji dan u godini.) Ispred superlativa se obicno koristi clan the.

9. COMPARISON 2: Comparatives Ispred komparativa mo�emo koristiti izraze za kolicinu: Much (mnogo) A lot (mnogo) Far (vi�e) A bit (malo) A little slightly

10. Let�s go by car. It�s much cheaper. (Idemo kolima. Mnogo je jeftinije.) How do you feel? � Much better, thanks. Her illness was far more serious than we thought at first. (Njena bolest je bila daleko ozbiljnija nego �to smo isprva mislili.) Could you speak a bit more slowly? (Molim te, govori malo sporije.) This bag is slightly heavier than the other one.(Ova torba je malo te�a od one druge)

11. Ispred komparativa takode se mo�e koristiti any i no (any longer/no bigger) I�ve waited long enough. I�m not waiting any longer. (Dosta sam cekala. Necu du�e da cekam) We expected their house to be very big, but it�s no bigger than ours. (Ocekivali smo da je njihova kuca jako velika, ali nije ni�ta veca od na�e.) How do you feel now? Do you feel any better? This hotel is better than the other one, and it�s no more expensive.

12. Better and better / more and more Komparativi se ponavljaju kako bismo iskazali neku neprekidnu promenu: Your English is improving. It is getting better and better. (Tvoj engleski se popravlja. Sve je bolji i bolji.) The city is growing fast. It�s getting bigger and bigger. (Grad se brzo �iri. Sve je veci i veci) Cathy got more and more bored in her job. In the end she left. (Keti je bilo sve dosadnije na poslu. Na kraju ga je napustila.)

13. The ...the (�to ...to) The sooner/bigger/more the better (�to vi�e to bolje) What time shall we leave? �The sooner the better. (Kad cemo krenuti? ��to pre to bolje). When you�re travelling, the less luggage you have the better.(Kada putuje�, �to manje ima� prtljaga, to bolje.)

14. the ...the se takode koristi da bi se iskazalo kako jedna stvar zavisi od druge: The warmer the weather, the better I feel. (�to je vreme toplije, to se ja bolje osecam). The sooner we leave, the earlier we will arrive. The more expensive the hotel, the better the service. The more I thought about the plan, the less I liked it.(�to sam vi�e razmi�ljala o tom planu,manje mi se dopadao.)

15. Old � older/elder Komparativ prideva old je older, a superlativ oldest. David looks older than he really is. This church is the oldest building in the town. Ali kad govorimo o clanovima porodice, mo�emo koristiti nepravilnu komparaciju: My elder sister is an actress. He has three children. His eldest son is 20 years old.

16. COMPARISON 3 (as ...as/than) Sarah, Joe and David are all very rich. Sarah has 20 million, Joe has 15 million and David has 10 million. Joe is rich. Joe is ..........than David. But he isn�t as rich as Sarah. Sarah is ............than Joe and David. She is the ....................

17. Jo� jedan nacin poredenja je pomocu as ...as ili not as ...as I�m sorry I�m late. I got here as fast as I could. (Izvini �to kasnim. Stigla sam �to sam pre mogla.) There�s plenty of food. You can eat as much as you want. (Ima dovoljno hrane. Uzmi koliko god �eli�.) Richard is not as old as he looks. (he looks older) I don�t know as many people as you do.

18. Umesto not as ...as, mo�e se koristiti i not so ...as: It�s not warm, but it�s not so cold as yesterday. (Nije toplo, ali nije tako hladno kao juce). Ili less ....than: I spent less money than you. The city centre was less crowded than usual.(U centru grada bilo je manje gu�va nego inace)

19. Twice as ...as, three times as ...as (dva puta vi�e): Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago. (Benzin je dva puta skuplji nego pre par godina.) Their house is three times as big as ours. Ukoliko �elimo da ka�emo da je ne�to jednako koristimo the same as: David is the same age as James. (Dejvid je istih godina kao D�ejms.) Laura�s salary is the same as mine. (Lorina plata je ista kao moja.)

20. Than me / than I am. Mo�e se reci: You are taller than me. Ili You are taller than I am. A.They have more money than we have. B. They have more money than us. A.He�s not as clever as she is. B.He�s not as clever as her.