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with q difference il meaning; few ap-
pear indifferently in, either position.
&c The adjective is infected for
number and gender. in its primary use
and also when employed as a substan-
tive. But bueno, good, malo. bad, pos
trero. last. primeTo, first, tercero. third,
unO. one. alguno. some or any, min
guno. not any, omit o before a mascu-
line singular noun.
81. The plural of the adjective is
formed by adding to the singular.
when this ends in an unaccented VOW
ell: but es is. added, when it ends in =
consonaDt or in an accented vowel.
(a) The feminine of the adjective IS
formed by substituting a for the mas
culine ending o, or by adding a when
the masculine form has a consonant
ending. such as an. oil. on, or. w or
the ending ote. etc. But many adjec-
tives have a common form for both
genders: such are q few in and i, but
many in g. al, ell, il. ul, en-, in, un, ar, w,
ez, IL. ~. But this in the latter adj
jectives becomes c before es, the plural
ending.
COMPARISON
%. In order to raise an adjective to
the comparative degree put before its
The superlative degree is formed by
placing the definite article. or rarely
4 possessive or demonstrative adjec-
tive. before the comparative form. A
superlative formed as just described is
usually called n superlative relative.
90 The superlative absolute of an adj
jective is made by adding to its stem
isimo or rimo Ito a stem in RI. and
To iu6 TO OH nf
quality concerned; about the same as
the positive form of the adjective pre-
coded by the intensive adverb muy,
very.
50. The following adverbs are en-
ployed in the various kinds of COM
parison-to denote superiority. inferior
ity. equality: mas-que. more-than:
menos-que, less-than: tan-como, as
as or so-as: cuanto-mas tanto mas.
the more-the more, etc.
81. Irregular comparison character
ICES four adjectives, which show the
regular forms also. These are bueno.
good: malo, bad: grande. great: pc
quenyo. small. The following table
will aid in fixing these double words
and the subject of adjective infection
in general, since the positive and SUI
perlative relative forms are shown with
all possible endings. except the forms
in parenthesis, which are rare.
POSITIVE.
GOod-SingUlar. bueno or bUen. bu-
ena; plural. 0uenos, bueTfas
Bad-singular. malo, or NAL, mala.
plural, maiOs. nalas.
Great - Singular. grande GRAM.
granGe; plural. grandes.
Small - Singular pequenyo. Pc
que1ya- plural. peCuenyos. pequenyas.
COMPARATIVE.
Better-2iejor Cnas buero).
Wc,sc-PeOr mas malo).-
Greater'-Mayor mas grarde
Snlaler-aieDor. mas pequenyO.
SCPLRLATIVE RELATIVE.
The best-SinSular. eI. Ia. 10 meier:
plural. los. las rlejores eel. 10 mas
bueno. Ia mas buena}.
The wOrst-Singular 81. la. 10 peor:
plural. los. las reores eel, 10 mas maIo.
IL mas mala).
OF, plural. los, las mayores eel. 10 mas
srande, Ia mas grande, los mas gran
des. las mas grandes).
The smallest-Singular eI. la. 10 me-
nor; plural. los las memories eel. 10 mas
pcquenyo, la mas pequenya. los mas
pequenyos, las mas pequenyas).
SUPERLATIVE ABSOLUTE.
Very good-Bonisimo. bonisima. or
muy bueno, d (optimo, al.
Very bad-Malisimo, maIisin7a. or
muy malo. a (pesimo. a..
Very great-Grandisimo, grandisima,
or muy grande (maximo, a..
Very small-Pequenyisim pequeny-
isima, or muy pequenyo, (minimo, a..
j. Many nouns are treated like adj
jectives in taking as modifiers mas.
more; nenOs. less. muy. very. in the
sense of more of a. less of a and very
much of a, etc. respectively.
THE MINERAL ADJECTIVES.
SO. Cardinals