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Comparatives and Superlatives in Indonesian

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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES¨ in Indonesian

Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions !

Good learning ! :)

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Comparatives and Superlatives in Indonesian

ENGLISH	INDONESIAN	PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
That cat is not bigger than a fox.	Kucing itu tidak lebih besar daripada seekor rubah	kou chihn ih tou tih dahk leh bihH beh sahr dah rih pah dah seh eh kohr rou bahH	O gato não é maior que uma raposa
Albert is smarter than Benny.	Albert lebih pintar daripada Benny	Albert leh bihH pihn tahr dah rih pah dah Benny	Albert é mais inteligente do que Benny.
Willy is less tall than Cassie.	Willy kurang tinggi dari Cassie	Willy kou rahn tihn gih dah rih Cassie	Willy é menos alto que Cassie.
That house is not more beautiful than Amy's house.	Rumah itu tidak lebih indah daripada rumah Amy	Rou mahH ih tou leh bih ihn dahH dah rih pah dah rou mahH Amy	Essa casa não é mais bonita do que a casa de Amy.

Comparative

When you want to express your opinion about something, use these forms:

Noun A + lebih + adjective + daripada + Noun B

The same as in English form "-er ending for adjective" or "more".

Noun A + kurang + adjective + dari + Noun B

The same as in English form "less".

Those are the patterns that we use for the positive statement.

When we want to express the negative one, just put a word "tidak" before "lebih" on the patterns.

Notice that we don't usually put that word before the "kurang" form because it sounds weird.

For example:

• Kucing itu tidak lebih besar daripada seekor rubah

That cat is not bigger than a fox.

Example

• Albert lebih pintar daripada Benny

Albert is smarter than Benny.

• Willy kurang tinggi dari Cassie

Willy is less tall than Cassie.

• Rumah itu tidak lebih indah daripada rumah Amy

That house is not more beautiful than Amy's house.

For information

Unlike in English that has two common ways to express the comparative, there are "-er/more" form and "less" form.

In Indonesia, we usually use the first pattern which we told above, it is lebih .... daripada than second one although it also makes sense.