Comparatives, Superlatives, and The Most Beautiful Language Part

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Comparatives, Superlatives, and The Most Beautiful Language
Part 1: Comparatives
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Adele:
She's my twin (gemella), there.
Interviewer: You're twins!
Keavy:
Yeah.
Girl between Adele & Keavy: They're twins.
Interviewer: Come together, let's see if there's a, a similarity (vediamo se c’è una somiglianza).
Who is older (old+er più grande) than who? ( chi è la più grande ?)
Keavy:
Me. I'm older.
Interviewer: How much(quanto) older are you?
Keavy:
20 minutes.
Interviewer: 20 minutes!
Nota: John è più grande di Bill
John is older than Bill
Old(vecchio, grande di età) è un aggettivo monosillabico; i monosillabi formano il comparativo
aggiungendo -ED “più grande” old+ er
older
“più basso” short+ er
shorter
ATT. non dimenticare che nei comparativi la preposizione di (che precede il secondo termine di
paragone - Bill) si traduce con THAN
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Interviewer: Which is bigger(qual è più grande ?), New York or San Francisco?
Deborah:
New York is probably about 4 times(quattro volte) larger(large + er più grande)
than San Francisco.
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Interviewer:
Neil:
Interviewer:
Neil:
Which is bigger, New York or San Francisco?
What do you mean by "bigger"? (cosa intende dire con più grande?)
Anyway you want to say it ( In qualsiasi modo lo vuole dire).
Population, size-wise (relativo alla grandezza).
Well, New York clearly has a larger population.
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Shannon:
New York has a lot more suburbs (perifierie) than (di)San Francisco does.
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Kelly:
I think San Francisco's bigger. I don't know.
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Interviewer:
Randee:
Which is bigger, New York or San Francisco?
Bigger, uh, in geography, I think New York. Possibly bigger in spirit(vitalità,
entusiasmo) it may be (forse)San Francisco.
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Interviewer:
Maureen:
Raphael:
Can, uh, he cook better (meglio)than you, or can you cook better than he can?
(Sa cucinare lui meglio di te o sai cucinare tu meglio di lui?)
I can cook better than he can.
That's ridiculous. That's ridiculous. That's not true (Non è vero).
Nota: In inglese esistono aggettivi comparative e superlative irregolari; i più noti sono:
Good
better
the best
(Buono)
(meglio)
(il migliore)
Bad
worse
(Male, cattivo) (peggio)
Far
(Lontano)
the worst
(il peggiore)
farther
the farthest
(più lontano) (il più lontano)
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Interviewer: Can he cook better than you, or can you cook better than he can?
Deborah (speaking to Neil): I'm sure I can cook better than you.
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Interviewer: Can she cook better than you, or can you cook better than she can?
Debra:
She can definitely (certamente)cook better than me.
Laura: True (vero).
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Interviewer: And, can she cook better than you, or can you, or do you cook better than she can?
Mia:
Well, I don't cook, so I guess she cooks better than I do.
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Interviewer: Can he cook better than you?
Helen:
Oh, much better than (molto meglio di) me. And he irons (stira) better than me,
and he also cleans (pulisce) the house better than me. I encourage it (Lo incoraggio,
lo sprono, lo spingo).
COMPARATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA
1) Si aggiunge il suffisso -ER agli avverbi e agli aggettivi quando sono monosillabi
 dear - dearer
rich - richer
old - older
Se l’aggettivo termina con una consonante preceduta da un’unica vocale la
consonante finale si raddoppia
 big - bigger
fat - fatter
red - redder
la “e”muta cade nei monosillabi
 large - larger
2) Si aggiunge “ER” anche quando gli aggettivi o avverbi BISILLABICI finendo in
Y-LE-ER-OW
Simple - simpler
-le
Noble - nobler
Tender - tenderer
-le
Yellow -yellower
-ow
lovely - lovelier
happy -happier
early - earlier
easy - easier
-
Y(la y si trasforma in “I” )
Per tutti gli altri aggettivi o avverbi polisillabici il comparativo di maggioranza si ottiene
premettendo –MORE
More beautiful
More interesting
More careful
More carefully
Riferito a sostantivi e a verbi il comparativo di maggioranza si forma con “more”
Es: studia di più
He studies more
Than = di che, che non, di quello che (non), di quanto(non)
Es: di comparativi di maggioranza.
Paolo è più alto di me
Paul is taller than me (I) –formale nella lingua
VIDEO
Part 2: Superlatives
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Interviewer: What's the most beautiful city (la più bella)in the USA?
Michael:
New York, to me. The most diversified, so it's the best.
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Interviewer: What do you think the most beautiful country in the world is (quale pensi sia..?)
Mary:
The most beautiful country in the world is Greece.
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Patty: The, uhm, coldest (la più fredda) country in the world is Antartica? No, uh, is that a country?
is Antartica.
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Interviewer: Is Edimburg bigger (più grande) than Glasgow?
Kevin:
No, Glasgow is the biggest (la più grande) city in Scotland.
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Interviewer: Which is the most beautiful part of Scotland.
June:
I think Perth is.
Josie:
It's the cleanest (la più pulita).
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Interviewer: Which is the biggest town in Ireland?
Eoin:
Dublin is by far (di gran lunga) the biggest, yeah.
Interviewer: And which is the most beautiful town in Ireland?
Eoin:
The most beautiful town in Ireland? Uhm, I don't think it's Dublin, anyway. Galway,
maybe. Galway.
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Interviewer: And which is the longest (il più lungo)river in Ireland?
Dermot:
The Shannon River is the longest river in Ireland.
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Interviewer: And what was your favourite place in Europe?
Marie Louise: The most comfortable place for us to visit was England because there's no language
Barrier (barriera).
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Interviewer: And which country did you like the best ( più di tutte)?
Ken:
I think I liked France the best.
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Interviewer: Can you tell me, what are the French like?
Hayles:
The French are delightful (squisito, delizioso)people. The most civilized in the world.
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Interviewer: What do the English spend most money on (su cosa spendono più soldi gli inglesi)?
Rupert:
I, spend most money on music, uhm.
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Jackie: I think the most unfair (ingiusta) thing is that the English think the Scots are mean, but in
fact they're sensible with their money, and in my experience, the English are mean (avari).
Part 3: The Most Beautiful Language
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Interviewer: In your opinion, what is the most beautiful language?
Ada:
French, to me, is the most beautiful language.
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Interviewer: In your opinion, which is the most beautiful language?
Laura:
French.
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Keesha: French.
Celeste: French.
Mary: Uhm, French, yeah.
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Cheryl:
Uh, French. I love French. I think it's…
Interviewer: In your opinion, what's the most beautiful language?
Robert:
I think French, but I also, believe it or not, think German is very nice. A lot of people
DON'T think that.
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Interviewer: Which is the most beautiful language?
Deborah:
French.
Interviewer: Beautiful. In your opinion, what's the most beautiful language?
Neil:
Oh, by far, Italian.
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Jim: Ah, French.
Robin: No, I can't believe you said (that). Italian is the most beautiful language.
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Interviewer: Which is the most beautiful language?
Rebecca:
Italian.
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Maureen: Italian.
Raphael: Latin.
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Sue:
I think all languages are beautiful.
Interviewer: That's a good answer. In your opinion, what's the most, which is the most beautiful
language?
Emma:
I like American.
Interviewer: All right. Anything different?
Richard:
I think Spanish is a beautiful language.
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Sheri:
I like Hebrew( l’ebraico).
Interviewer: Cool.
Sheri:
Yeah.
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Yale: Russian.
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Alexander: Japanese.
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Interviewer: Which is the most beautiful language?
Debra:
The English language.
Laura:
English, yeah.
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Kelly: I like English 'cause I understand it.
SUPERLATIVO RELATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA
Aggiunge ”THE AGGETTIVO+EST” là dove per il comparativo è “ER”
Aggiunge “ THE MOST + AGGETTIVO” là dove per il comparativo è “MORE”
Es: Bigger
The biggest (the big+g+est; si raddoppia la consonante perchè monosillabico)
Più grande
il più grande
Dear
The dearest
Caro
il più caro
More important The most important
Più importante il più importante
Il secondo termine è preceduto da IN (se si riferisce ad un luogo)
OF ( in tutti gli altri casi)
“what is the most beautiful language in the world ?”
“ He is the most intelligent of his classmates”
“ she is the tallest of her friends
Trasforma gli aggettivi in comparativi di maggioranza e in superlativi relativi.
Bob is ( tall)……..than Bill but Bill is( strong)…….. – Jane is (short) ………
than John.
-Mary is (clever)……. .than her sister. – This book is (interesting)……………. than that one.
-Your brother is (tall)………………in his class.- Bill’s sister is (beautiful)………. in his town.
-Rome is ( important )………….. City in Italy.
Rewrite the sentences using the comparative
Bill is ( young ) than your brother.
That book is ( important ) than this one.
The film I saw yesterday is ( good ) than this one.
I saw a room which was ( big ) than yours.
English is (easy) than French.
Scrivi i comparativi e i superlativi dei seguenti aggettivi come mostrato nell’esempio.
Esempio “Young”
younger
the youngest
a. Tall…………………………
…………………………
b. Fat………….. ……………..
………………………..
c. Happy……………………..
………………………..
d. Good……………………….
…………………………
e. Important……………………
……………………………..
Inserisci more, than, of, in, the most.
a. Sit in that armchair. It’s ……………………...comfortable ………………….this one.
b. Which is the smallest country ………………….the world?
c. Who is the tallest student……………………….all ?
d. My book is……………………..expensive……………….yours.
e. That’s ………………….interesting place I’ve ever visited.
f. That’s ………………….expensive restaurant………………..town.
g. You’re better………………….me at soccer.
h. John is the luckiest ……………….his friends.
i. George is the worst player…………..the world.
l. Your shoes are ………………… more expensive …….. mine
Scrivi i comparativi e i superlativi dei seguenti aggettivi come mostrato nell’esempio.
Esempio “Young”
younger
the youngest
a. Short………………………………….
…………………………
b. Thin…………………… ……………
………………………….
c. Friendly……………………………..
…………………………..
d. Bad………………………………….
………………………….
e. Comfortable…………………………
……………………………….
1. Trasforma gli aggettivi in comparativi di maggioranza o in superlativi relativi.
Your brother is (tall)……………….……in his class.
Bob is ( tall)…………....than Bill but Bill is( strong)…………..…..
Bill’s sister is (beautiful)……..………….………. in his town.
Jane is (short) ………….……
than John.
Mary is (clever)…………..…. .than her sister. –
This book is (interesting)……………..…………. than that one.
Rome is ( important )…………………………….. City in Italy.