Degree of Comparison

Sebelum kita membahas mengenai topik ini, ada baiknya kita mengingat bentuk perubahan kata sifat menjadi tingkat lebih (comparative) dan tingkat paling (superlative).

1. Kata Sifat dengan 1 suku kata

• Big - bigger - biggest
• Small - smaller - smallest
• Thin - thinner - thinnest
• Old - older - oldest
• Dst.

2. Kata Sifat yang lebih dari 1 suku kata

• Beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful
• Expensive - more expensive - most expensive
• Interesting - more interesting - most interesting
• Dst

3. Kata Sifat yang berakhiran dengan huruf "y"

• Happy - happier - happiest
• Easy - easier - easiest
• Busy - busier - busiest

4. Kata Sifat yang berakhiran dengan some, low, le, dan er

• Handsome - more handsome/handsomer - most handsome/handsomest
• Narrow - more narrow/narrower - most narrow/narrowest
• Gentle - more gentle/gentler - most gentle/gentlest
• Clever - more clever/cleverer - most clever/cleverest

Catatan: untuk kata sifat jenis di atas, lebih baik menggunakan more untuk comparative dan most untuk superlative daripada menggunakan ...er dan ...est, walaupun kedua-duanya benar.

5. Kata Sifat tak beraturan

• Good - well - best
• Bad - worse - worst
• Little - less - least
• Much - more - most
• Many - more - most
• Far - further/farther - furthest/farthest
• Dll

6. Kata Sifat lainnya

Polite, quiet, wicked, pleasant, tired, cruel, stupid memiliki 2 jenis tingkat perbandingannya seperti yang berlaku pada kata sifat jenis no. 4. Namun, ada baiknya menggunakan more dan most untuk tingkat lebih dan tingkat paling-nya.

7. Kat Sifat yang tidak dapat dibuat tingkat perbandingannya

• Wrong, right, single, empty, full, equal, correct, unique, universal, perfect, pregnant, dll.

Comparison Degree

1. Equal Comparison

Rumus:
As + adjectives + as

• This book is as cheap as mine
• You are as beautiful as my mother

2. Comparative (Tingkat Lebih)

Rumus:
Comparative + than

• Your house is bigger than mine
• She is more beautiful than her sister

3. Superlative (Tingkat Paling)

Rumus:
The + superlative

• She is the best student in the class.
• Mr. William is the oldest teachers at school.

4. Parallel Comparison

Rumus:

• The + comparative, the + comparative (semakin..., semakin...)
• Comparative and comparative (makin lama makin ...)

• The harder you study, the better chance you'll get (makin keras kamu belajar, makin baik pula peluang yang akan kamu peroleh)
• You look more and more beautiful (kamu makin lama makin cantik)
• You are better and better (Kamu makin lama makin bagus saja)

5. Logical Comparison

a. Possessive

• Henry's salary is much higher than Alex's
• My mother gets better than yours

b. That of

• The climate in Bandung is as mild as that of in Palembang (that of = the climate of)

c. Those of

• The duties of a driver are much more dangerous than those of a teacher

d. Any

• Mary is smarter than anybody else in the class.
• Bali is smaller than any other province in Indonesia.