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When you report someone’s exact words (direct speech) or give a short quote, you can omit dat entirely.
Example as direct speech:
Hy sê die stad is groter.
If you want a fully embedded clause (indirect speech), you’d include dat and move the verb to the end:
Hy sê dat die stad groter is.
Most one- or two-syllable adjectives simply take -er to form the comparative:
groot → groter (big → bigger)
If you’re comparing two items, you’ll often add as (than):
Hierdie stad is groter as daardie dorp.
To form the superlative you add -ste to the adjective:
vriendelik → vriendelikste (friendly → friendliest)
You normally use the definite article die before the superlative, whether it’s attributive (die vriendelikste dorp) or predicate (sy dorpie is die vriendelikste).
Use the comparative adjective plus as (than):
groter as
Example:
Daardie dorp is groter as my dorpie.
You’d embed both clauses and push the verbs to the end of each subordinate clause:
Hy sê dat die stad groter is, maar dat sy dorpie die vriendelikste is.