{"id":4922,"date":"2020-02-08T18:20:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T18:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish2\/chapter\/el-superlativo\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T03:24:00","slug":"el-superlativo","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish2\/chapter\/el-superlativo\/","title":{"raw":"El superlativo","rendered":"El superlativo"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Use superlative expressions<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2150\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2150\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/07043459\/yoghurt-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"A sign in a supermarket advertising &quot;Los yoghurts m\u00e1s frescos de Chile&quot;\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/> \"Los yoghurts m\u00e1s frescos de Chile.\"[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe superlative is used to make a comparison between multiple items and it is used to stress a relationship of superiority between one item and the rest. In English, to form a superlative we usually add \"-est\" to an adjective. In Spanish, however, we're going to start with an article and add \u201cm\u00e1s\u201d \/ \u201cmenos\u201d before adjective to create the superlative.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>el\/la\/los\/las<\/strong> + (<em>noun<\/em>) + <strong>m\u00e1s\/menos<\/strong> + (<em>adjective<\/em>) + <strong>de<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\r\nSome adjectives have irregular comparative forms which you saw when discussing comparisons of inequality. When applied to the superlative constructions they retain their irregular forms:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>definite article<\/strong> + <strong>irregular comparative form<\/strong> + <strong>de<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/bueno.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>bueno \u2192 <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_mejor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el mejor<\/strong> (<em>the best<\/em>)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/malo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>malo \u2192 <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_peor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el peor<\/strong> (<em>the worst<\/em>)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/grande.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>grande \u2192 <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_mayor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el mayor<\/strong> (<em>the oldest<\/em> \u2013 <em>people<\/em>)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/pequeno.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>peque\u00f1o \u2192 <strong>el menor<\/strong> (<em>the youngest<\/em> \u2013 <em>people<\/em>)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/cuando_los_colegas_coreanos_salen_a_comer_el_mayor_paga.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Cuando los colegas coreanos salen a comer, el mayor paga. (<em>When Korean colleagues go out to eat, the oldest pays<\/em>.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/muchos_europeos_son_trilingues_pero_en_general_los_africanos_son_los_mas_multilingues_del_mundo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Muchos europeos son triling\u00fces, pero en general los africanos son los m\u00e1s multiling\u00fces del mundo. (<em>Many Europeans are trilingual, but in general Africans are the most multilingual in the world<\/em>.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use superlative expressions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2150\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2150\" class=\"wp-image-2150\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/07043459\/yoghurt-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"A sign in a supermarket advertising &quot;Los yoghurts m\u00e1s frescos de Chile&quot;\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Los yoghurts m\u00e1s frescos de Chile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The superlative is used to make a comparison between multiple items and it is used to stress a relationship of superiority between one item and the rest. In English, to form a superlative we usually add &#8220;-est&#8221; to an adjective. In Spanish, however, we&#8217;re going to start with an article and add \u201cm\u00e1s\u201d \/ \u201cmenos\u201d before adjective to create the superlative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>el\/la\/los\/las<\/strong> + (<em>noun<\/em>) + <strong>m\u00e1s\/menos<\/strong> + (<em>adjective<\/em>) + <strong>de<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Some adjectives have irregular comparative forms which you saw when discussing comparisons of inequality. When applied to the superlative constructions they retain their irregular forms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>definite article<\/strong> + <strong>irregular comparative form<\/strong> + <strong>de<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/bueno.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>bueno \u2192 <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_mejor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el mejor<\/strong> (<em>the best<\/em>)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/malo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>malo \u2192 <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_peor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el peor<\/strong> (<em>the worst<\/em>)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/grande.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>grande \u2192 <strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_mayor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el mayor<\/strong> (<em>the oldest<\/em> \u2013 <em>people<\/em>)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/pequeno.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>peque\u00f1o \u2192 <strong>el menor<\/strong> (<em>the youngest<\/em> \u2013 <em>people<\/em>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/cuando_los_colegas_coreanos_salen_a_comer_el_mayor_paga.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Cuando los colegas coreanos salen a comer, el mayor paga. (<em>When Korean colleagues go out to eat, the oldest pays<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/muchos_europeos_son_trilingues_pero_en_general_los_africanos_son_los_mas_multilingues_del_mundo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Muchos europeos son triling\u00fces, pero en general los africanos son los m\u00e1s multiling\u00fces del mundo. 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