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Level 75 - Comparatives and Superlatives

More and less (comparatives)

In French 'more' is plus and 'less' is moins. We can describe things as being more or less something by using one of these words before the adjective. We can also use the word que here. Que can also mean 'what' and 'that' but here it means 'than'.

le camion est plus grand que la voiture
la tarte est plus sucrée que le biscuit
les voitures sont moins grandes que les camions
les biscuits sont moins sucrés que la tarte
je cours plus rapidement que toi
tu cours moins rapidement que moi

  

the lorry is bigger than the car
the cake is sweeter than the biscuit
the cars are less big than the lorries
the biscuits are less sweet than the tarts
I run more quickly than you
you run less quickly than me

Most and least (superlatives)

By adding the French word for 'the' we can say something is the most or least something.

ce film est le plus comique
cette tarte est la plus sucrée
les moins grandes voitures sont noires
les biscuits les plus sucrés sont dans la boîte
je cours le plus rapidement
tu cours le moins rapidement

  

this film is the funniest
this tart is the sweetest
the smallest cars are black
the sweetest biscuits are in the box
I run the most quickly
you run the least quickly

Meilleur, mieux, pire

As usual, the irregular ones are the especially important ones. 'Better' is meilleur / meilleure / meilleurs / meilleures if it is an adjective and mieux if it is an adverb. 'Worse' is pire (plural pires) if it is an adjective but as an adverb it is what you would expect - plus mal. Like bon and mauvais ('good' and 'bad'), meilleur and pire as adjectives are positioned before the noun when placed together.

le bleu est meilleur
la chimie est meilleure que la biologie
le meilleur sport est le golf
elles sont les meilleures professeurs de l'école
tu chante mieux qu'elle, elle est pire que toi
mais je chante le mieux
il est le pire élève de la classe

 

the blue one is better
chemistry is better than biology
the best sport is golf
they (f) are the best teachers in the school
you sing better than her, she is worse than you
but I sing the best
he is the worst pupil in the class


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