Lektion 13 - Vergleiche

Einleitung

In this lesson you'll learn how to make comparisons in English, including how to use the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. You'll also learn some common English phrases that are used when making plans.

Konversationen

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English

Alice and Mary are at a cafe. Mary goes up to the counter to order.

Barrista: Good morning. What would you like?

Mary: Good morning. I'd like a large coffee and a blueberry muffin.

Barrista: That'll be five dollars and fifty cents. How would you like to pay?

Mary: With my credit card.

Mary pays then takes her coffee and muffin and sits down at a table by the window. A couple minutes later Alice sits down as well.

Mary: What did you get?

Alice: I got a lemon-mint green tea and a cinnamon coffee cake.

Mary: The coffee cake looks very good. I wish I had have gotten one of those.

Alice: I had one last week and I really like it. What are your plans for the weekend?

Mary: I'm going to the beach with my sister and nephew on Saturday. Do you want to come along?

Alice: I can't. I'm going to visit my parents on Saturday. What are you up to on Sunday?

Mary: I don't have any plans.

Alice: Do you want to go for a bike ride.

Mary: Sure.

Deutsch

Alice und Mary sind in einem Cafe. Mary geht zum Tresen, um zu bestellen.

Barrista: Guten Morgen. Was möchten Sie gerne?

Mary: Guten Morgen. Ich hätte gerne einen großen Kaffee und einen Blaubeermuffin.

Barrista: Das macht fünf Dollar und fünfzig Cents. Wie möchten Sie zahlen?

Mary: Mit meiner Kreditkarte.

Mary zahlt, nimmt dann ihren Kaffee und ihren Muffin und setzt sich an einen Tisch am Fenster. Ein paar Minuten später setzt sich auch Alice.

Mary Was hast du bekommen?

Alice: Ich habe bekommen einen Zitronen-Minz-Grüntee und einen Zimt-Kaffeekuchen.

Mary: Der Kaffeekuchen sieht sehr gut aus. Ich wünschte, ich hätte so einen bekommen.

Alice: Ich hatte letzte Woche einen (Zimt-Kaffeekuchen) und ich mag ihn sehr. Was sind eure Pläne für das Wochenende?

Mary: Ich gehe am Samstag mit meiner Schwester und meinem Neffen an den Strand. Willst du mitkommen?

Alice: Ich kann nicht. Am Samstag besuche ich meine Eltern. Was machst du am Sonntag?

Mary: Ich habe keine Pläne.

Alice: Wollen Sie eine Radtour machen?

Mary: Ja, sicher.

Vokabeln und Redewendungen

Here are some common English phrases related to making plans. To help you learn these phrases, try creating your own conversations using them.

What are your plans for the weekend? Was sind eure Pläne für das Wochenende?
What are you up to tonight? Was machst du heute Nacht?
What are you doing tomorrow? Was machst du morgen?
Not much. Nicht viel.
I'm not sure yet. Ich bin mir noch nicht sicher.
Do you have any plans for the weekend? Haben Sie Pläne für das Wochenende?
I'm going to go to the beach. Ich werde an den Strand gehen.
I'm planning to go camping on the weekend. Ich werde am Wochenende campen gehen.
I don't have any plans. Ich habe keine Pläne.
I'm just going to stay home and relax. Ich werde einfach zu Hause bleiben und mich entspannen.
What time do you want to go? Um wie viel Uhr willst du gehen?
When should we meet? Wann sollen wir uns treffen?
Where should we meet. Wo sollen wir uns treffen?
Would you like to go to a movie tonight? Würdest du heute Abend gerne ins Kino gehen?
Do you want to go to the beach tomorrow? Willst du morgen an den Strand gehen?

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Grammatik

Comparing Adjectives

Adjectives are used to describe a quality or attribute of a noun. This lesson covers how to compare a quality of two or more nouns.

Indicating Equality

To indicate that a noun has the same quality as another noun, the following construction is used:

as <adjective> as

Today is as cold as yesterday. Heute ist es genauso kalt wie gestern.
You are as smart as I am. Sie sind genauso schlau wie ich.
Your house is as big as my house. Dein Haus ist so groß wie mein Haus.

Indicating Less of a Quality

To indicate that a a noun has less of a quality than another noun, the following construction is used.

not as <adjective> as

The following construction can also be used:

less <adjective> than

For example:

Today is less cold than yesterday. Heute ist es weniger kalt als gestern.
Today is not as cold as yesterday. Heute ist es nicht so kalt wie gestern.
Your house is not as big as my house. Dein Haus ist nicht so groß wie mein Haus.

Comparative

There are two ways to indicate that a noun has a greater quality than another noun. The first way is to add "er" to the end of the adjective. This is called the comparative form of the adjective. The second way is to add the word "more" before the adjective. The following rules are used to determine which form to use.

  1. If the adjective has one syllable and ends in a consonant, er is added to the end of the adjective. Sometimes the final consonant is also doubled.
  2. If the adjective has one syllable and ends in e, then r is added to the end of the adjective.
  3. If the adjective is two syllables and ends in y, the y is changed to an i and er is added to the end of the adjective.
  4. If the adjective is two syllables and ends in ow, then er is added to the end of the adjective.
  5. If the adjective is two syllables and does not end in y or ow, then the word more is added before the adjective. Some of these two syllable adjectives can use the er suffix instead.
  6. For adjectives with three or more syllables always use the word more with the adjective. The suffix er is never used with these adjectives.
Adjective Comparative
big bigger
great greater
happy happier
narrow narrower
intelligent more intelligent
quiet quieter or more quiet
white whiter
broken more broken

Superlative

To indicate that a noun has the most of a quality within a group, either the superlative form of the adjective is used, or the word most is added before the adjective. The following rules are used to determine which form to use.

  1. If the adjective has one syllable and ends in a consonant, est is added to the end of the adjective. Sometimes the final consonant is also doubled.
  2. If the adjective has one syllable and ends in e, then st is added to the end of the adjective.
  3. If the adjective is two syllables and ends in y, the y is changed to an i and est is added to the end of the adjective.
  4. If the adjective is two syllables and ends in ow, then est is added to the end of the adjective.
  5. If the adjective is two syllables and does not end in y or ow, then the word most is added before the adjective. Some of these two syllable adjectives can use the est suffix instead.
  6. For adjectives with three or more syllables always use the word most with the adjective. The suffix est is never used with these adjectives.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
big bigger biggest
great greater greatest
happy happier happiest
narrow narrower narrowest
intelligent more intelligent most intelligent
quiet quieter or more quiet quietest or most quiet
white whiter whitest
broken more broken most broken

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Beispiele

That's the biggest dog I've ever seen. Das ist der größte Hund, den ich je gesehen habe.
That's the oldest house in the neighborhood. Das ist das älteste Haus in der Nachbarschaft.
Your house is bigger than our house. Dein Haus ist größer als unser Haus.
His car is more expensive than mine. Sein Auto ist teurer als meins.
She is the most intelligent person I have ever met. Sie ist die Intelligenteste.

Irregular Forms

Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms. The following table shows the irregular forms.

Adjective Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
many more most
much more most

Comparing Adverbs

The comparative form of adverbs is created by adding the mord more before the adverb the superlative form of adverbs is created by adding the word most before the adverb.

Adverb Comparative Superlative
quietly more quietly most quietly
frequently more frequently most frequently
carefully more carefully most carefully

Quiz

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