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Lower Intermediate - More money than you

This lesson further demonstrates the uses of comparative and superlative adjectives, so it complements the last podcast on this subject. However, we go through a dialogue this time, and you will learn plenty of useful vocabulary.
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3 Comments

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    tomest05 says
    Thu 10th Oct 13@04:39 am

    How do you relative comparatives? Such as he is the 2nd oldest son, or this is the 3rd tallest building In the world. Those always confuse me! Thanks!
  • Ehab says
    Tue 15th Oct 13@12:20 pm

    Great thought tomest05, simply you say the number (first, second...) then the comparative. Your examples are:
    He is the 2nd oldest son >> هو ثاني أكبر إبن
    This is the 3rd tallest building in the world >> هذه ثالث أطول عمارة في العالم

    Notice we always use the masculine number (ثاني, ثالث, رابع...) and not feminine form (ثانية, ثالثة, رابعة...) despite that we might be talking about a feminine thing, like (هي رابع أطول بنت في المدرسة).

    Hope you find it straightforward.
  • Kurumi says
    Tue 15th Oct 13@01:16 pm

    Honestly, number and gender issue in Arabic is still tricky to me grrr Hope I will get used to it Inshallah. wink

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