{"id":1361,"date":"2016-02-28T22:19:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T22:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2016-02-28T22:19:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T22:19:43","slug":"more-and-most-danish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2016\/02\/28\/more-and-most-danish\/","title":{"rendered":"More and Most Danish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strangely, until now I\u2019ve totally forgotten to write about the gradb\u00f8jning<\/b> (\u201dcomparison inflection\u201d) of adjectives\u2026<\/p>\n

As you can probably remember, Danish adjectives take various endings:<\/p>\n

-e <\/b>when it\u2019s describing a definite noun (these often come with \u201dthe\u201d in English): den s\u00f8de pige <\/b>(the cute girl), den gamle ugle <\/b>(the old owl), husenes r\u00f8de farve<\/b> (the red colour of the houses)<\/p>\n

-e <\/b>whenever the noun described is in plural: langsomme bilister<\/b> (slow motorists), tallerknerne er tomme<\/b> (the plates are empty)<\/p>\n

-t <\/b>when the noun described is neuter and indefinite (these often come with \u201da\u201d or \u201dan\u201d in English): et grimt ansigt <\/b>(an ugly face), teateret er stort<\/b> (the theatre is big)<\/p>\n

Okay, now let\u2019s compare things\u2026 \ud83d\ude42 Heldigvis<\/b> (fortunately), the system works more or less as in English:<\/p>\n

Str\u00f8get er mere underholdende end metroen, men Tivoli er mest underholdende! <\/b>(The Str\u00f8get pedestrian street is more entertaining than the metro, but Tivoli is the most entertaining!)<\/p>\n

Min far er st\u00e6rkere end din far, men Palles far er st\u00e6rkest! <\/b>(My dad is stronger than your dad, but Palle\u2019s dad is the strongest!)<\/p>\n

Basic rule: Long adjectives (four or more syllables, or with the ending -ende<\/b> such as sp\u00e6ndende <\/b>\u2019intersting\u2019, \u2019exciting\u2019) take mere <\/b>and mest<\/b>. Other adjectives take the endings -ere<\/b> and -est<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The only letter ever added, is -e<\/b>, as in: den kedeligste biograffilm<\/b> (the most boring cinema movie)<\/p>\n

Of course, the drunk sailors who created Danish out of love included some poetical exceptionalities:<\/p>\n

lille \u2013 mindre \u2013 mindst<\/b> (small, smaller, smallest)<\/p>\n

stor \u2013 st\u00f8rre \u2013 st\u00f8rst <\/b>(big, bigger, biggest)<\/p>\n

lang \u2013 l\u00e6ngere \u2013 l\u00e6ngst <\/b>(long, longer, longest)<\/p>\n

ung \u2013 yngre \u2013 yngst <\/b>(young, younger, youngest)<\/p>\n

gammel \u2013 \u00e6ldre \u2013 \u00e6ldst <\/b>(old, older, oldest)<\/p>\n

d\u00e5rlig \u2013 v\u00e6rre \u2013 v\u00e6rst <\/b>(bad, worse, worst)<\/p>\n

god \u2013 bedre \u2013 bedst <\/b>(good, better, best)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Strangely, until now I\u2019ve totally forgotten to write about the gradb\u00f8jning (\u201dcomparison inflection\u201d) of adjectives\u2026 As you can probably remember, Danish adjectives take various endings: -e when it\u2019s describing a definite noun (these often come with \u201dthe\u201d in English): den s\u00f8de pige (the cute girl), den gamle ugle (the old owl), husenes r\u00f8de farve (the…<\/p>\n

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