Can-Do Statements

After this module, you can...

• Compare two things with the comparative (kaldari, stærri, dýrari)
• Say than with en, and give what follows it the case it would have in the clause en abbreviates: hann er hærri en ég, but ég þekki hann betur en þig
• Recognise the adjectives that change their vowel (langur - lengri)
• Decline a comparative, which has only two endings to choose between
• Say the biggest, the best, the cheapest with the superlative, and know when the noun takes the article
• Use the six irregular pairs (góður - betri - bestur and the rest)
• Keep the adjective betri apart from the adverb betur
• Say as cold as, not as cold as, twice as expensive