"Everything what we know about the universe is an iota of the totality. But the curiosity reveals everything in time." @tkktweets
We have a life of comparison. What is a comparative? It is a form of adjective or adverb expressing a higher or stronger degree.
When we are happy, we want to be happier.
When we are tall, we want to be taller.
When we are rich, we want to be richer.
It is a never ending story. When we are not content with what we are or what we have, we start comparing with others or other things.
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haar auto is groter dan mijn auto.
Her car is bigger than my car.
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When you are beautiful (mooi), You want to be more beautiful (mooier)
'beautiful' (mooi) is an adjective. Everything in the universe is beautiful in its own way. But we humans like to compare.
To make a comparative you just add -er to an adjective.
mooi+er = mooier
The spelling rules apply as usual, but if you are using an adjective ending in an -r, you must insert a 'd' in the comparative
duur (expensive) duurder (more expensive). Don't even think of saying, "duurer". You may even loose your job.
Yes, of course, it is an expensive grammar. No wonder why you have to pay a lot for Dutch courses!
And that is not the end of it. There are also some frequently used irregular forms:
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goed (good)........... beter (better)
veel (much,many)..... meer (more)
weinig (little, few)......minder (less, fewer)
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life will be much better if you stop comparing things and people. We don't have to learn all these irregular forms. Because they have no rules. you just need to know how they are. That means just register in your head the way they are.
It is really bad if we have to do this way. After spending a lot of time and money, at the end they will still say, there are no rules, it is just like that. That is the advantage of being native speakers.
Let is hope it will not be bad (slecht). Or it can be worse (slechter).
But it will never be worst (slechtst). I never want to twist my tongue this "slechtst."
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