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| Hey, you guys. I am Seda. Welcome to TurkishClass101.com. Today we are going to talk about comparatives and superlatives and about this subject, it is really easy to understand Turkish so I think by the end of the video, you will be able to compare things by yourself. So just sit back and relax and watch it Ok? |
| So for comparison, we need adjectives, beautiful, nice, ugly, hot. For Turkish, let's pick one, beautiful. What was beautiful in turkish. It was güzel. Güzel. Let’s say a regular sentence. “Hava güzel(dir).” If you remember the rule for the Turkish “to be” verb in the third conjugation, it is like “is/are” in English. You can say it or not say it. Generally we don’t say it if it is not a very scientific, factual sentence. We just skip it. I would just say “Hava güzel” but “Hava güzeldir” is also correct. More proper, not very daily. But keep that in mind, there is a dır/dir/tır/tir at the end of these sentences. That was just a reminder of the “to be” verb in Turkish. Let’s go back to our comparison. |
| For comparison, you just add “daha”. So, if I want to say, the weather is more beautiful. We wouldn’t use it in English like that, but nicer /better in Turkish. “Hava daha güzel.” |
| Or let’s see, let me check my examples. If you want to say it like this: This tree is better than that tree. Let’s say it like that to compare 2 things and we use them together. |
| This is better than that tree. That’s our sentence. |
| Bu ağaç o ağaçtan daha iyi(dir). |
| So if I would translate this literally, I would translate it like this: |
| This tree from that tree better is. |
| This is the structure of Turkish. Ok? |
| This tree from that tree better is. |
| It sounds weird in English but that’s the structure of Turkish. Ok, let’s see. |
| This movie is boring. |
| What is boring? Sıkıcı. |
| Bu film sıkıcı(dır). |
| Ok, if I want to say: |
| This movie is more boring than that movie. |
| That I would say: |
| Bu film o filmden daha sıkıcı(dır). |
| And again the literal translation is: |
| This movie from that movie more boring is. |
| Ok? |
| That’s the structure of Turkish. |
| Let’s see another example. Let’s say. |
| Özlem is tall. |
| Özlem uzun(dur). |
| So let’s say Özlem is taller. |
| Özlem daha uzun(dur). |
| Ok, let’s say. Özlem is taller than Seda. |
| Özlem Seda’dan daha uzun(dur). |
| So as you can see, we use -den/dan (from) to make a comparison. Again the literal translation is Özlem than Seda (literally from Seda) taller is. |
| That’s the structure. |
| Ok, so this is the basics of the comparatives. LEt’s look at the superlatives. What is the superlatives? The best, the most, the tallest, things like that. |
| To make that is again easy. We just add “en” before the adjective. |
| Like “en güzel”. The most beautiful. |
| Or “en sıkıcı” . The most boring |
| Or “en pahalı” The most expensive. |
| We just add “en” and that’s all. |
| If I want to say |
| Özlem is the tallest. |
| Özlem en uzun |
| Or If I want to say |
| My mom is the best |
| Than I would say |
| Annem/benim annem en iyi. |
| If we want to say things like for example, “My mom is the best amongst the moms” something like that “among” or “among all” if you want to say something like, I would add it like this: |
| Benim annem anneler içinde en iyi(dir). |
| My mom is the best amongst mom. |
| Let me check my example. I forgot my example. Let’s try to say “my house is the best house among other houses.” “Benim evim diğer evler içinde en iyi(dir).” |
| You can just say it the simple way, adding “en” before the adjective or you can add “amongst” things like that. If you want to emphasize that it is the “best” it is the “en” of whatever. But generally that is the concept, if you want to make a comparative, you add “daha” more, If you want to make a superlative you add “en” most. That’s the basics. |
| So, let’s give you an example and I prepared something funny. I will show it to you. Do you see? Do you see my crazy girls here? This is Aslı, she is the tallest. This is Selin in the middle. This is Pelin, the shortest. I had to do this to remember my comparison. |
| Ok, if I want to say: |
| Aslı is the tallest. |
| I would say: |
| Aslı en uzun. |
| If I want to say: |
| Pelin is the shortest. |
| Pelin en kısa. |
| Aslı en uzun. |
| Pelin en kısa. |
| So if I want to say: |
| Selin is shorter than Aslı. |
| Then I can say: |
| Selin Aslı’dan daha kısa. |
| Selin is shorter than Aslı. |
| Selin Aslı’dan daha kısa. |
| Or if I want to say: |
| Selin is taller than Pelin. |
| I would say: |
| Selin Pelin’den daha uzun. |
| Why I found names like that, I don’t know. Selin, Pelin… |
| Selin Pelin’den daha uzun. |
| For example if I want to say: |
| Pelin is the shortest amongst the girls. |
| Pelin kızlar içinde en kısa. |
| And the last one, |
| Let’s say Aslı is the tallest amongs the girls. |
| Aslı kızlar içinde en uzun. |
| So, that’s it. You get the idea right? It is not that hard. You add “en” and “daha” before the adjective. Now you can compare and use comparatives and superlatives. |
| I hope you liked it,I will see you next time. |
| See you! |
| Bye… |
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