{"id":2181,"date":"2016-02-28T21:38:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T21:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2016-02-28T21:38:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T21:38:20","slug":"more-and-most-norwegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/more-and-most-norwegian\/","title":{"rendered":"More and Most Norwegian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I just can\u2019t believe the gradb\u00f8ying<\/b> (\u201dcomparison inflection\u201d) of adjectives has not been a post yet\u2026<\/p>\n

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

-e <\/b>when it\u2019s describing a definite noun (these often come with \u201dthe\u201d in English): den glade jenta<\/b> (the happy girl), den fine tegningen <\/b>(the nice drawing), Guttorms lange arbeidsdag <\/b>(Guttorm\u2019s long working day\/the long working day of Guttorm)<\/p>\n

-e <\/b>whenever the noun described is in plural: tunge sekker <\/b>(heavy bags), dekorasjonene er nydelige <\/b>(the decorations are gorgeous)<\/p>\n

-t<\/b> when the noun described is neuter and indefinite (these often come with \u201da\u201d or \u201dan\u201d in English): et surt eple<\/b> (a sour apple), huset er veldig dyrt<\/b> (the house is very expensive)<\/p>\n

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

Slalom er mer utfordrende enn langrenn, men telemark er mest utfordrende!<\/b> (Slalom is more challenging than cross-country skiing, but telemark skiing is the most challenging!)<\/p>\n

Min far er sterkere enn din, men far til Stian er sterkest! <\/b>(My dad is stronger than your dad, but Stian\u2019s dad is the strongest!)<\/p>\n

Rule-of-thumb: Long adjectives (four or more syllables, or with the ending -ende<\/b> such as spennende<\/b> \u2019interesting\u2019) take mer <\/b>and mest<\/b>. Other adjectives take the endings -ere <\/b>and -est<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The only letter ever added to these, is –e<\/b>, as in: den kjedeligste filmen<\/b> (the most boring movie)<\/p>\n

Of course, the crazy people who designed Norwegian made room for some bugs! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

liten \u2013 mindre \u2013 minst<\/b> (small, smaller, smallest)<\/p>\n

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

lang \u2013 lengre \u2013 lengst<\/b> (long, longer, longest)<\/p>\n

tung \u2013 tyngre \u2013 tyngst<\/b> (heavy, heavier, heaviest)<\/p>\n

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

d\u00e5rlig \u2013 verre \u2013 verst<\/b> (bad, worse, worst)<\/p>\n

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

I just can\u2019t believe the gradb\u00f8ying (\u201dcomparison inflection\u201d) of adjectives has not been a post yet\u2026 As you can probably remember, Norwegian adjectives take various endings: -e when it\u2019s describing a definite noun (these often come with \u201dthe\u201d in English): den glade jenta (the happy girl), den fine tegningen (the nice drawing), Guttorms lange arbeidsdag…<\/p>\n

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