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Hebrew Time #14: Comparative and Superlative
Hello everyone!
Welcome to Hebrew Time #14! For those of us who are joining now – Hebrew Time is a series of weekly posts about the Hebrew language, Israel, and the Jewish people.
You can see the previous post here.
We hope you had a wonderful Passover and/or Easter:)
Our topic for today is Comparative and Superlative!
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Comparative
We use the comparative(ערך היתרון) in order to compare two things that are unequal. i.e. “I am better than him” , “It is more beautiful than mine”.
In Hebrew the comparative is very simple: we just use the word : “יוֹתֵר”(yoter) - meaning “more”.
Let’s have an example:
חָכָם יוֹתֵר (Yoter) - smarter (literally “more smart”).
מָהִיר יוֹתֵר (Yoter) - faster (literally “more fast”).
If we want to refer to the other part of the comparing - we’ll say “יוֹתֵר מ…” (Yoter me…) - meaning “more than”.
יפה יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ(yoter memeno) - more beautiful than him.
Unfavourable Comparative
In Hebrew we use the word “פָּחוֹת” -”less” to compare things unfavourably i.e “less beautiful than you”
For example:
פָּחוֹת גָּדוֹל ממך(mimcha) - Smaller than you (literally “Less big than you”).
Superlative
We use the superlative(ערך ההפלגה) in order to note that something is the best. i.e. “the most beautiful” , “the biggest”, “the smartest”.
In Hebrew we use the word “הֲכִי” - “the most”.
For example:
Unfavourable Superlative
We use the word “הֲכִי” together with “פָּחוֹת” to describe the least (literally “the most less”).
הֲכִי פָּחוֹת גָּדוֹל - the least big (literally “the most less big”).
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*לְכֻלָּם השורש הוא כ-ל-ל, ע' ול' השורש מתמזגות לל' אחת עם דגש חזק. אין שם תנועה ארוכה: "כָּל" כותבים עם קמץ קטן, לא עם חולם, ולכן כשמוסיפים את כינוי השיכות "-ַם" התנועה לא הופכת לבינונית (כי ל' לא דוחה דגש) ולא לארוכה, אלא לקובוץ (תנועה קצרה).
המילה ׳יותר׳, האם זה תמיד הכרכחי? למשל בדואולינגו, אומרים: מהירות האור גדולה ממהירות הקול. זה נכון או לא?
