Degree: degree of comparison
| Values: | Cmp | Pos | Sup |
Degree of comparison is inflectional feature of some adjectives and adverbs.
Pos: positive, first degree
This is the base form that merely states a quality of something, without comparing it to qualities of others. Note that although this degree is traditionally called “positive”, negative properties can be compared, too.
Examples
- mladý muž “young man”
Cmp: comparative, second degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of another object.
Examples
- ten muž je mladší než já “the man is younger than me”
Sup: superlative, third degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of all other objects within a set.
Examples
- toto je nejmladší muž v našem týmu “this is the youngest man in our team”
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