In this lesson you will learn how to make comparisons in Turkish. You make comparisons with the construction -DEn (daha).
| You are more beautiful. | Sen daha güzelsin. |
| You are more beautiful than I. | Sen benden (daha) güzelsin. |
| He is shorter than her. | O ondan (daha) kısa. |
| I am older than him. | Ben ondan (daha) büyüğüm. |
| Amsterdam is less crowded than Istanbul. | Amsterdam İstanbul'dan (daha) az kalabalık. |
Note that you can use the word büyük to mean old as well as big.
The superlative is formed using the word en.
| This is the most silly cat. | Bu en aptal kedi. |
| This is the world's biggest city. | Bu dünyanın en büyük şehri. |
| Eat the least fresh fruit first. | En az taze meyve önce yiyin. |
You can also use the superlative without naming the noun, by placing the suffix -(y)İ behind the adjective.
| He is the shortest one. | O en kısa. |
| I want the biggest one. | En büyüğünü istiyorum. |
