GRMN 102 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Wart, Preposition And Postposition, Dative Case

• School: Queen's University
• Department: German Language and Literature
• Course: GRMN 102
• Professor: Monika Holzschuh Sator

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Comparative/superlative: comparison of equality: so wie. Deutschland ist ungefahr so grob wie montana germany is about as big as montana: comparisons of superiority and inferiority. To compare two unequal persons or things, add er to the adjective or adverb. Some adjectives that end in el and er drop the e- in the comparative form. Ein fahrrad ist billiger al sein motorrad a bicycle is cheaper than a motorcycle: the superlative. To express the superlative in german use the contraction am with predicate adjective or adverb plus the ending sten. Ein porsche ist schnell, ein flugzeug ist schneller, und eine rakete ist am schnellsten a porsche is fast, an airplane is faster and a rocket is the fastest. When the adjective or adverb ends in-d or t, or an s-sound such as s, -b, -sch, -x, or z, and e- is inserted between the stem and the ending. The following adjectives have an umlaut in the comparative and the superlative.