Questions & Answers about Das Brot ist hart.
Since this lesson is about comparatives, how would I say "The bread is harder"?
You would say Das Brot ist härter. Just like alt (old) becomes älter, the adjective hart (hard) gets an umlaut over its vowel and adds the -er ending to form the comparative.
Why doesn't hart have an ending here, like hartes, since Brot is a neuter word?
Because hart comes after the verb ist. When an adjective is separated from its noun by a verb like "to be", it never takes an ending in German. You only add endings when the adjective is placed directly in front of the noun, like in ein hartes Brot (a hard bread).
Can I use hart to say a test or a language is "hard"?
No, hart generally describes physical hardness, like stale bread or a rock (though it can also mean "harsh"). To say something is "hard" meaning difficult, you must use schwer or schwierig. For example: Die Prüfung ist schwer (The test is hard).
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