{"id":19066,"date":"2020-10-03T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=19066"},"modified":"2021-03-18T15:59:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:59:45","slug":"italian-superlatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-superlatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Superlatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ciao a tutti!<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week we talked comparatives, and this week I want to talk about superlativi<\/em>, superlatives!<\/p>\n

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Image from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n

There are two types of superlatives: relative and absolute.<\/p>\n

Relative superlatives<\/strong> are comments about superlative qualities in relation to something else. For example, my sister is the youngest of the family, or Rome is the most beautiful city in Italy.<\/p>\n

Relative superlatives are formed just like comparatives but with the addition of the definite article (il, la, lo, l’…<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Per esempio:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mia sorella \u00e8 la pi\u00f9 giovane della famiglia<\/em> – My sister is the youngest of the family<\/p>\n

Roma \u00e8 la citt\u00e0 pi\u00f9 bella d’Italia<\/em> – Rome is the most beautiful city in Italy<\/p>\n

La mia zucca \u00e8 il pi\u00f9 grande<\/em> – My pumpkin is the biggest<\/p>\n

E’ la squadra meno forte<\/em> -It’s the weakest team<\/p>\n

Here are some common superlatives you will hear that do not need ‘pi\u00f9 <\/em>‘ or ‘meno<\/em>‘ in front of them:<\/p>\n

Migliore<\/em> (The best)<\/p>\n

Peggiore<\/em>\u00a0(The worst)<\/p>\n

Minore<\/em>\u00a0(The least)<\/p>\n

Maggiore<\/em>\u00a0(The biggest)<\/p>\n

Per esempio:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Luca \u00e8 l’attore\u00a0migliore<\/em> – Luca is the best actor<\/p>\n

Il natale \u00e8 la stagione peggiore – <\/em>Christmas is the worst season<\/p>\n

Absolute superlatives<\/strong> on the other hand are just that, absolute. If you wanted to say your sister is extremely young or Rome is extremely beautiful, you would add the following to the adjective:<\/p>\n

–ssimo<\/em> (masculine singular)<\/p>\n

-ssima<\/em> (feminine singular)<\/p>\n

–ssimi<\/em> (masculine plural)<\/p>\n

-ssime<\/em> (feminine plural)<\/p>\n

Per esempio:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

La mia sorella \u00e8 giovanissima<\/em> – My sister is very young<\/p>\n

Roma \u00e8 belissima<\/em> – Rome is extremely beautiful<\/p>\n

La mia zucca \u00e8 grandissimo<\/em> – My pumpkin is very big<\/p>\n

La squadra \u00e8 debolissima<\/em> – The team is very weak<\/p>\n

There are some absolute superlative ‘irregulars’ that can replace or be used interchangeably with the ‘regular’ absolute superlative:<\/p>\n

Ottimo <\/em>\u2013 very good (buonissimo<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Pessimo<\/em> \u2013 very bad (cattivissimo<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Massimo<\/em> \u2013 very big (grandissimo<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Minimo<\/em> \u2013 very small (piccolissimo<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Sommo<\/em> \u2013 very high (altissimo<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Infimo<\/em> \u2013 very low (bassissimo<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Some absolute superlatives are irregular and take errimo <\/em>as their ending:<\/p>\n

Celebre<\/em> (famous) –\u00a0celeberrima\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Misero<\/em> (miserable) –\u00a0miserrimo\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Aspro<\/em> (sour) –\u00a0asperrimo\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Acre<\/em> (bitter) –\u00a0acerrimo\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Integro<\/em>\u00a0(honest) – \u00a0integerrimo\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Salube<\/em> (healthy) –\u00a0saluberrimo\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Tetro<\/em> (gloomy) –\u00a0teterrimi\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Superlatives can also be used with adverbs, such as in the example: Io canto benissimo<\/em> (I sing very well). Or, lui parla velocissim0<\/em> (he speaks very fast).<\/p>\n

Can you write out some sentences below in Italian using the absolute and relative superlatives?<\/p>\n

Alla prossima!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ciao a tutti! Last week we talked comparatives, and this week I want to talk about superlativi, superlatives! There are two types of superlatives: relative and absolute. Relative superlatives are comments about superlative qualities in relation to something else. For example, my sister is the youngest of the family, or Rome is the most beautiful…<\/p>\n

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