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Aniyatha Sansandanaya - අනියත සංසන්දනය - Irregular Comparison.
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Positive. |
Comparative. |
Superlative. |
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Good (හොඳ ) ...↓ |
Better (වඩා හොඳ ) ↓ |
Best (හොඳම) ... ↓ |
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Bad (or ill) |
Worse |
Worst |
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Late |
Later |
Latest or Last |
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Old |
Older or Elder |
Oldest |
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Many |
More |
Most |
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Much |
More |
Most |
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Little |
Less (or lesser) |
Least |
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(Nigh) Near |
Nearer |
Nearest or Next |
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Up |
Upper |
Uppermost |
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Out |
Outer or Utter |
Outermost or Uttermost |
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Far |
Farther |
Farthest |
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Fore (or forth) |
Further |
Furthest |
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Fore |
Former |
Foremost (or first) |
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Hind |
Hinder |
Hindmost / Hindermost |
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In |
Inner |
Innermost |
{Note: Ill means in bad health.}
{Elder and eldest refer to members of family or group. (My elder brother; The eldest of the lot.)}
{Many (only with countable nouns) denotes number.}
{Much (only with uncountable nouns) denotes quality.}
{Lesser is only used in the expression the lesser of the two evils.}
[He is an utter strange to me - මිනිහ මට නං ‘හොඳට ම’ අමුත්තෙක්.]
{Farther denotes distance.}
{further denotes addition.}
{Double comparative and superlatives are not to be used.}
{Shakespeare, for emphasis, wrote: The most unkindest cut of all.}
{None but a child would say more less or most least.}
{Comparatives are followed by than.}
Our parents are much more experienced than we children. (... than us ... නොවේ.)
(පහත උදාහරණ බලන්න.)
This quality of rice is superior to foreign rice.
Nethuli is senior to Samadhi in the school.
Pavani is junior to me by years.
Anterior to 1871 Japan was in the feudal stage.
{The word preferable also takes to instead of than.}
