Bahasa Inggris : Degrees of Comparison

Dalam bahasa Indonesia, Degrees of Comparison adalah Derajat Perbandingan Antar Hal.

The adjective and adverb have three degrees of comparison (Kata sifat dan keterangan mempunyai tiga derajat perbandingan antar hal).

1. Positive Degree (The adjective that doesn’t undergone the change yet) (Kata sifat yang belum mengalami perubahan).

Formula (Rumus) :

1. Subject + Tobe + Adjective or Positive Degree
2. Subject + Tobe + Positive Degree as Object
3. Subject + Verb + Positive Degree as Object

Example (Contoh) :

1. She is very polite
2. She is a polite girl
3. She has many time

2. Comparative Degree (Degree of More/er) (Tingkatan lebih)

Er that is written after the adjective is used for one syllable, More is used for over of one syllable (Er yang ditulis setelah kata sifat digunakan untuk satu suku kata, More digunakan untuk lebih dari satu suku kata).

Formula (Rumus) :

1. Subject + Tobe + Comparative Degree (More) + Adjective + than + …
2. Subject + Verb + Comparative Degree (More)
3. Subject + Tobe + Comparative Degree (er) as Object
4. Subject + Tobe + Adjective + Comparative Degree (er) + than + …

Example (Contoh) :

1. She is more beautiful than the artist
2. Jack reads more
3. She is my elder sister
4. He is the smarter than me

3. Superlative Degree (Degree of Most/est) (Tingkatan Paling)

Est that is written after the adjective is used for one syllable, Most is used for over of one syllable (Est yang ditulis setelah kata sifat digunakan untuk satu suku kata, Most digunakan untuk lebih dari satu suku kata).

Formula (Rumus) :

1. Subject + Tobe + Superlative Degree (Most) + Adjective
2. Subject + Tobe + Superlative Degree (Most/est) as Object
3. Subject + Verb + Superlative Degree (Most/est) as Object

Example (Contoh) :

1. She is the most perfect
2. Rino is the most famous person in the world, Rino is the smartest man in the world
3. She looks the most beautiful, she looks the best

There is some words if it’s given er or est, it will change. It called The Irregular Degree (Ada beberapa kata jika itu diberi er atau est, itu akan berubah. Itu yang dinamakan tingkatan yang tak beraturan)

1. good – better – best
2. bad – worse – worst
3. many – more – most
4. much – more – most
5. little – less – least
6. far – farther – farthest
7. old – elder – eldest
8. further – furthest

Disusun oleh Ayu Yulia Yang

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