The Comparison of Adjectives

The Degree of Equality

The degree of equality is obtained by the use of kadar.. - [Lit: "its amount"] - as..
Londra İstanbul kadar güzel. - London is as beautiful as Istanbul.
Mehmet Ali kadar zengin. - Mehmet is as rich as Ali.
Kar kadar beyaz. - As white as snow.

The Negative Equality

The negative comparison is marked by the use of - değil - is not - placed after the comparison.
Londra İstanbul kadar güzel değil. - London is not as beautiful as Istanbul.
Ayşe Deren kadar boylu değil. - Ayşe is not as tall as Deren.

The Degree of Comparison:

This comparison is made by using - daha - more - and suffixing the object being compared with -dan or -den - from - thus giving the sense than in the comparison.
Mehmet Ali'den daha zengin. - Mehmet is richer than Ali.
İstanbul Londra'dan daha güzel. - Istanbul is more beautiful than London.
Demir sudan daha ağır. - Iron is heavier than water.

The Negative of Comparison

The Negative First Degree Comparison uses daha az - less(er)
Londra İstanbul'dan daha az meşgul. - London is less busy than İstanbul.
Bulmacalar Türkçe derslerden daha az ilginç. - Crosswords are less interesting than Turkish lessons

The Positive Superlative

The Third Degree of Comparison is obtained by using en - the most
Mehmet en zengin adam. - Mehmet is the richest man.
Dünyanın en güzel şehri, İstanbul. - Istanbul is the world's most beautiful city.

The Negative Superlative

The Negative uses - en az - the least - [Lit: the most less..]
Dünyanın en az zengin memleketleri Afrika'da. - The least richest countries of the world are in Africa.
However, the fact is that although possible, usage of - en az - for negative superlatives is not common. The preferred way is to use the superlative form of opposite adjective. So, the preferred way of the example is:
Dünyanın en fakir memleketleri Afrika'da. - The world's poorest countries are in Africa.

• The more common usage of - en az - is - at least...
• Ahmet en az Mehmet kadar zekidir. - Ahmet is at least as intelligent as Mehmet
• Sen de en az benim kadar yeteneklisin. - You are at least as talented as me.
• kadar iyi - as good as..
• bu, o kadar iyi - this, is as good as that.
• bu onun kadar iyi - this is as good as that.
• -dan daha iyi - better than..
• bu, ondan daha iyi - this, is better than that.
• en iyisi - the best..
• bu, en iyisi(dir) - [Lit: iyisi - the best..] - this, is the best of all

Further Shades of Degree

• çok - too, very, many..
• çok para istiyor - he wants a lot of money
• çok mutluyum - I'm very happy
• çok odalı bir otel - a hotel containing many rooms
• en çok - the most..
• en çok para - the most money
• En çok para Ali'de - Ali has got the most money
• tepede en çok ev var - most of the houses are on the hill
• daha - more..
• iki çay daha, lütfen - two more teas, please
• daha beş bira, lütfen - five beers more, please
• fazla - too much, excessive..
• fazla yemek geldi - too much food has arrived
• fazla para istediler - they wanted too much money
• daha fazla - much more..
• daha fazla yemek geldi - much more food has arrived
• daha fazla para istediler - they wanted much more money

The Negative Forms

• az, biraz - a little..
• az sonra çarşıya gidiyorum - I'm going to the shops a little later on
• biraz tuz istiyorum - I want a little salt
• daha az - Lit: more less(er)] - lesser..
• yemeğe daha az tuz koyunuz - put less salt on the food
• buralarda, daha az polis var - there are less policemen around here
• pek az - [Lit: a bit less(er)] - very little..
• pek az sigara kullanıyorum - I smoke (cigarettes) just a little
• pek az şeker istiyorum - I only want a little sugar
• çok az - [lit: a lot little(er)] - extremely little..
• çok az benzin kalıyor - just a small amount of petrol is left
• çok az para istedi - he only wanted a very small amount of money
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