1.3 Degrees

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

Degree of Comparison – (विशेषणाचा सम, तर आणि तम भाव.)

(1) Positive degree – सम भाव

– विशेषण मूळ रूपात वापरले जाते. उदा., strong.

Ex.1) Yatin is strong.

(The Adjective ‘strong’ is in its simple form. It is called
Positive Degree.)

(2) Comparative degree – तर भाव- मूळ विशेषणाला er प्रत्यय लावला जातो. उदा., stronger.

(पुढे than हा शब्द वापरावा लागतो.)

Ex.Amit is stronger than Yatin.

(The Adjective ‘stronger’ refers to a higher degree, when
there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree.)

( -er is added to the basic adjective.)

(3) Superlative degree – तम भाव

-मूळ विशेषणाला est प्रत्यय लावला जातो. उदा., strongest.

Ex.Pravin is the strongest of all.

( The adjective ‘strongest’ refers to the highest degree of
comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative
Degree.)

(-est is added to the basic adjective.)

* Fill in the gap in the table of Degrees of Comparison.

sr no	positive	comparative	superlative
1	kind	kinder	kindest
2	healthy	healthier	healthiest
3	near	nearer	nearest
4	fine	finer	finest
5	early	earlier	earliest
6	small	smaller	smallest
7	fast	faster	fastest
8	high	higher	highest

2. Adjectives which have more than two syllables (long words) take ‘more’
and ‘most’ before them to form Comparative and Superlative degrees.

For example :

successful – Positive Degree

more successful – Comparative Degree

most successful – Superlative Degree

( Degree of companion – (two or more syllables) – ज्या विशेषणांना दोन किंवा दोनपेक्षा जास्त शब्दावयव (syllables) असतात, अशा विशेषणांअगोदर Comparative degree मध्ये more, Superlative degree मध्ये most चा वापर केला जातो.)

Give the Comparative and Superlative forms of :

sr.no.	Positive degree	Comparative degree	Superlative degree
1	ancient	More ancient	Most ancient
2	special	More special	Most special
3	significant	More significant	Most significant
4	advanced	More advanced	Most advanced
5	accurate	More accurate	most accurate