Serbian 301 — all three degrees in one go. Once you have the comparative, the superlative costs you three letters.
The superlative in Serbian is the easiest thing in the language: take the comparative and stick naj- on the front. One word, no space, no exceptions.
| Pozitiv | Komparativ | Superlativ |
|---|---|---|
| lep | lepši | najlepši |
| dobar | bolji | najbolji |
| ukusan | ukusniji | najukusniji |
So all the difficulty sits one step earlier, in the comparative — and two words below hide a sound change worth watching. Sladak loses its a and then d + j → đ: slađi. Kratak does the same with t + j → ć: kraći.
One vocabulary note while you're here. English "short" splits in two: nizak is short in height (a person, a building), kratak is short in length (a skirt, a film, a text). They're not interchangeable.
1. opasan dangerous → →
2. dobar good → →
3. poznat famous → →
4. lep beautiful → →
5. visok tall → →
6. nizak short — height → →
7. kratak short — length → →
8. velik big → →
9. mali small → →
10. loš bad → →
11. zdrav healthy → →
12. sladak sweet → →
13. ukusan tasty → →
SR (lat): Superlativ se piše kao jedna reč, sa NAJ- spojeno. Nije osetljivo na velika/mala slova, i može latinicom ili ćirilicom; dijakritici su opcioni.
СР (ћир): Суперлатив се пише као једна реч, са НАЈ- спојено. Није осетљиво на велика/мала слова, и може латиницом или ћирилицом; дијакритици су опциони.
EN: The superlative is one word — NAJ- joined on. Not case-sensitive; Latin or Cyrillic both fine, diacritics optional.
Igra, pa upotreba
Ista gramatika, drugo raspoloženje — Snowball: Comparative & Superlative.
Sixteen verbs next, and the case they all drag along behind them.
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