Comparative and Superlative in Pennsylvania Dutch 101

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Covering the formation of comparative and superlative forms in Pennsylvania Dutch (PD), the content explains how PD adjectives add endings and change stem vowels to express comparison. It discusses irregular adjectives and provides examples to practice forming comparative forms in PD phrases.

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PA Dutch 101 Video 33: Comparative and Superlative. Comparative and Superlative.

Comparative In English, the ending ER is normally added to the end of an adjective to form the Comparative: small smaller great greater In PD, the Comparative is formed by adding ER as well: reich reicher langsam langsamer

Superlative In English, the ending EST is normally added to the end of an adjective to form the Superlative: small smallest great greatest In PD, the Superlative is formed by adding the ending SCHT and placing an ES in front of the Superlative: nei es neischt dumm es dummscht

Superlative Don t forget about special adjective rules discussed in Video 32. Comp. liewer Super. es liebscht B to W lieb T to D laut lauder es laudscht Drop S E, before L or R maybe dropped heess deier heesser deirer es heesscht es deierscht

Irregulars Some PD adjectives not only add endings to form the Comparative and the Superlative, but also change stem vowels: Comp. elder kelder lenger weermer Super. es eldscht es keldscht es lengscht es weermscht alt kalt lang waarm

Irregulars Some PD adjectives not only add endings to form the Comparative and the Superlative, but also change stem vowels: Comp. schpeeder heecher greesser yinger Super. es schpeedscht es heechscht es greesscht es yingscht schpot hoch gross yung

Irregulars Some adjectives completely change in the Comparative and Superlative forms: Comp. besser meh, mehner Super. es besscht es menscht gut viel

Phrases using Comp and Super. To form the phrase as___as in PD, use the phrase so___as. Mei Bruder iss so gross as ich. To continue the phrase in the Comp, drop the so: Mei Bruder iss greesser as ich. To continue the phrase in the Superlative: Mei Bruder iss es greesscht.

Iewing - Practice Give the correct Comparative Forms: Mei Grossmudder ihr Kuche iss ___ (siess) as dei Grossmudders. Mei Grossmudder ihr Kuche iss siesser as dei Grossmudders. Europe iss ___ (alt) as Nordamerikaa. Europe iss elder as Nordamerikaa.

Iewing - Practice Give the correct Superlative Form: Rockmyusick iss ____ (laut). Rockmyusick iss es laudscht. PD Schwetze iss ____ (gut). Deitsch Schwete iss (es) besscht!