Przymiotniki

A - Comparison with -er/-est

clean - cleaner - the cleanest

We use -er / -est with the following adjectives:

1. Adjectives with one syllable

adjective compariative superlative
clean cleaner cleanest
cold colder coldest
cool cooler coolest
great greater greatest
hard harder hardest
high higher highest
low lower lowest
neat neater neatest
new newer newest
short shorter shortest
small smaller smallest
thick thicker thickest
weak weaker weakest

2. Adjectives with two syllables and the following endings:

2.1 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y

adjective compariative superlative
dirty dirtier dirtiest
easy easier easiest
happy happier happiest
pretty prettier prettiest

2.2 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er

adjective compariative superlative
clever cleverer cleverest

2.3 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le

adjective compariative superlative
simple simpler simplest

2.4 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow

adjective compariative superlative
narrow narrower narrowest

Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est

adjective compariative superlative rule
large larger largest one-syllable adjective ending in -e
big bigger biggest double the consonant when it is after a single vowel-letter
fat fatter fattest
sad sadder saddest
thin thinner thinnest
wet wetter wettest
tidy tidier tidiest change -y to -i
(consonant before -y)
busy busier busiest
dirty dirtier dirtiest
dry drier driest
early earlier earliest
easy easier easiest
empty emptier emptiest
funny funnier funniest
heavy heavier heaviest
ready readier readiest
shy shyer shyest these are exceptions!
gay gayer gayest
grey greyer greyest
fey feyer feyest

B - Comparison with 'more' - 'most'

difficult - most difficult - (the) most difficult

C - Irregular adjectives

adjective compariative superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
much more most
many more most
little less least
little smaller smallest

D - Special adjectives

adjective compariative superlative
common commoner / more common commonest / most common