Tingkat perbandingan: bigger, biggest, more interesting

Perbandingan adalah salah satu keterampilan paling berguna di level A2, dan bahasa Inggris membentuknya dengan dua cara berbeda, bergantung pada panjang katanya.

Kata sifat pendek: -er / -est

Kata sifat	Komparatif	Superlatif
cheap	cheaper	the cheapest
big	bigger	the biggest
easy	easier	the easiest
nice	nicer	the nicest

Cara penulisannya: konsonan digandakan setelah bunyi vokal pendek (big → bigger); huruf y berubah menjadi i (easy → easier); dan e yang tidak dibaca hanya menambahkan akhiran -r (nice → nicer).

Kata sifat panjang: more / most

Dua suku kata atau lebih (kecuali yang berakhiran -y):

• expensive → more expensive → the most expensive
• interesting → more interesting → the most interesting

❌ more cheaper — keduanya tidak pernah digunakan bersamaan. Salah satu saja.

Zona abu-abu kata sifat dua suku kata

Beberapa kata sifat dua suku kata menerima kedua bentuk, dan keduanya benar: yang berakhiran -y, -er, -ow, -le.

• clever → cleverer atau more clever
• narrow → narrower atau more narrow
• simple → simpler atau more simple
• quiet → quieter atau more quiet

Jika ragu dengan kata dua suku kata lainnya, lebih aman menggunakan more: ini tidak akan pernah salah, hanya kadang terdengar kurang elegan.

Pengecualian

	Komparatif	Superlatif
good	better	the best
bad	worse	the worst
far	further / farther	the furthest
little	less	the least
much / many	more	the most

Kata keterangan dibandingkan dengan cara yang sama

Logikanya persis sama: yang pendek mendapat -er, sedangkan yang berakhiran -ly menggunakan more.

• She runs faster than me. · He works harder than anyone.
• Please speak more slowly. · It happened more quickly than expected.

Yang berdiri sendiri: well → better dan badly → worse: She sings better than I do.

Struktur di sekitarnya

Dengan komparatif, gunakan than:

This one is cheaper than that one.

Dengan superlatif, gunakan the:

It is the cheapest in the shop. (bukan of the shop)

Untuk menyatakan kesetaraan, gunakan as … as:

Mine is as good as yours.

It isn't as expensive as I thought.

Untuk tingkat perbedaan, gunakan much / a bit:

It's much better. / It's a bit colder today.

Penguat lainnya: far, slightly, a lot, no — It's far cheaper. · It's no better than the last one.

Tiga struktur yang layak diingat

Arah sebaliknya: less / the least. This one is less expensive. · It was the least useful part of the course.

Perubahan seiring waktu: -er and -er. The queue is getting longer and longer. · It's becoming more and more difficult.

Perubahan yang saling terkait: the … the …. The more you practise, the easier it gets. · The sooner, the better.

Superlatif + ever. It's the best film I've ever seen. · That was the worst meal we've ever had.

Perhatikan juga bentuk one of the: setelahnya digunakan kata benda jamak. It's one of the biggest cities in Europe. (bukan "one of the biggest city")

Kesalahan yang sering terjadi

❌ She is more taller than me. → ✅ She is taller than me. ❌ It is the most cheap. → ✅ It is the cheapest. ❌ He is more good at maths. → ✅ He is better at maths. ❌ It's the same like mine. → ✅ It's the same as mine.

Memilih di antara dua ponsel

A: This one's a bit more expensive, but the camera's much better.

B: Is it? The other one has a bigger screen, and it's one of the lightest they make.

A: True. The more I look at it, the harder it gets to choose.

B: Then take the cheaper one — it isn't as good, but it's good enough.

Enam struktur perbandingan dalam empat baris dialog — ini kira-kira kepadatan biasa untuk percakapan hidup.

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