Comparative and Superlative

Forms of Adjectives

Tall (auktas) taller (auktesnis) the

tallest (aukiausias)
1) Happy happier the happiest
2) Nice nicer the nicest
3) Big bigger the biggest
1 2 skiemen bdvardiai

Dangerous more dangerous the most

dangerous
BUT
Su more/the most laipsniuojami ie 1 2
skiemen bdv.:
Clever, common, cruel, friendly, narrow,
pleasant, polite, shallow, simple, stupid,
quiet, gentle, wise taiau juos galima
laipsniuoti abiem bdais.

ADVERBS (prieveiksmiai)
Taip pat kaip ir bdvardiai:
Fast faster fastest...
Jei prieveiksmis baigiais ly, laipsniuojama
su more the most, e. g. more simply
the most simply

Exceptions iimtys
Good/well better the best
Bad/badly worse the worst
Much/many/a lot of more the most
Little (maai) less the least
Far (toli) further/farther the furthest/the
farthest.
Old older/elder (eimos nariams) the
oldest/eldest

Su auktesniuoju laipsniu naudojama

even/a lot/much/far/ a bit/a
little/slightly, e. g. He plays even better
than me.
Su aukiausiu laipsniu by far, e. g. Shes
by far the most helpful assisstant.
Most + adj/adv = very, e. g. He works most
efficiently.
Any/no + auktesnysis laipsnis (- ?), e. g. Is
it any cheaper to go by car than by train?

+
As tall as a mountain toks auktas kaip
kalnas

Isnt as/so friendly as

Much nicer daug graesnis
Less expensive than maiau brangus
The least + adj.... of/in
The music was getting louder and louder,
e. g. muzika vis garsjo ir garsjo

Twice/three times, etc. half as + adjective + as,

e. g. My cake isnt half as tasty as yours nei per
pus nra tiek skanus kaip...
The same ... as, e. g. I am the same age as...

He works like a slave dirba KAIP vergas (bet ne

vergas)
She sings like an angel kaip angelas.
He works as a teacher dirba mokytoju.
As usual kaip prasta.
We dont drink as much coffee as we used to
(negeriam tiek, kiek anksiau)
Such as toks kaip; the same as toks pat.
Regarded as laikomas (kuo), be accepted/
known/be
classed/described/referred/regarded/used as
We did as we were told (padar kaip lieptas)