"Det är intressantare att läsa än att skriva."

Translation: It is more interesting to read than to write.

[espekia]

Is this saying that the activity of reading is, in general, more interesting than writing? Or that a specific document is more interesting to read than it was to write?

[Hashmush]

In general.

[AxonnEchysttas]

I appreciate the pedagogical value of the question. I also understand that perhaps most people think so. As a writer, however, I'd like to confess that I find it much, MUCH more fun to write

[sandeepa2]

Had a doubt to clarify please.

Is there any rule in Swedish to convert an adjective (for example Interesting) to next higher level (for example more interesting) by adding a suffix or prefix to basic adjective.

Further for more interesting can we say mer intressant or intressantare interchangeably.

Thanks in advance.

[devalanteriel]

The basic rule is xare for "more x" and xast for "xest". But like you've noted, you can also use mer x and mest x. I don't know of any rule to find out when you use which, I'm afraid. It's never flat out wrong to use the mer/mest forms - but it can sound very unidiomatic when there's a "proper" equivalent.

[sandeepa2]

Ok, thanks a lot for the explanation.

[AngelUare]

Why do I need the "att " here? Would the sentence make sense without it?

[devalanteriel]

It's the infinitive marker. If you leave them out, it sounds just as weird as it would in English: "It is more interesting read than write."

[Radhicka]

As an English literature student, I can confirm this.