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Adjective Graduation

French adjective are graduated with “plus” / “moins”.

Positive	grand
Comparative	plus / moins grand(e)
Superlative	le / la plus / moins grand(e)

Example in the sentence:

	Example	English
Positive	Il est grand. Il est aussi grand que moi.	He is tall. He is as tall as me.
Comparative	Il est plus grand que moi. Il est moins grand que moi.	He is taller than me. He is less taller than me.
Superlative	Il est le plus grand. Elle est la moins grande.	He is the tallest. She is the least tallest.

Graduation - Irregular Forms

Positive	Comparative	Superlative	English
bon, bonne	meilleur(e)	le / la meilleur(e)	good, better, best
mauvais(e)	pire	le / la pire	bad, worse, worst

Conjunctions / Connectors of the graduation

The following conjunctions / connectors help you to express the graduation of an adjective:
- comme (as)
- aussi ... que (as ... as)
- plus ... que (more ... than)
- moins ... que (less ... than)

Examples:

French	English
Il est bête comme les pieds. Elle est belle comme une rose.	She is as stupid as the feet. She is as beautiful as a rose.
Elle est aussi grande que sa copine.	She is as tall as her friend.
Il est plus aîné que son frère.	He is older than his brother.
Cette solution est moins intelligente que l’autre.	This solution is less intelligent than the other one.

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Adjective Graduation