Speaking: Grammar in Speaking A2 - Lesson 4: Using Comparatives (e.g., "bigger than")

Lesson 4: Comparatives

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Comparatives

ការប្រៀបធៀបរបស់ពីរ

We use comparatives to compare exactly two things, people, or places.

យើងប្រើទម្រង់នេះដើម្បីប្រៀបធៀបវត្ថុ មនុស្ស ឬទីកន្លែងដែលមានចំនួនតែពីរតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ (ឧ. ធំជាង ខ្ពស់ជាង ល្អជាង)

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Short Adjectives

គុណនាមខ្លី (បន្ថែម -er)

Adjective + er + than

My house is bigger than yours. big ➔ bigger ផ្ទះរបស់ខ្ញុំធំជាងផ្ទះរបស់អ្នក។

He is taller than his brother. tall ➔ taller គាត់ខ្ពស់ជាងបងប្រុសរបស់គាត់។

A car is faster than a bike. fast ➔ faster ឡានលឿនជាងកង់។

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Long Adjectives

គុណនាមវែង (ប្រើ more)

more + Adjective + than

Gold is more expensive than silver. expensive (3 syllables) មាសថ្លៃជាងប្រាក់។

This movie is more interesting. interesting (4 syllables) កុននេះគួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍ជាង។

She is more beautiful than me. beautiful (3 syllables) នាងស្រស់ស្អាតជាងខ្ញុំ។

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Irregular Forms

គុណនាមអប្រក្រតី (ប្តូររូបរាងទាំងស្រុង)

You must memorize these! We do not add -er or "more" to them.

My phone is better than yours. good ➔ better ទូរស័ព្ទរបស់ខ្ញុំល្អជាងរបស់អ្នក។

The weather is worse today. bad ➔ worse អាកាសធាតុអាក្រក់ជាងកាលពីម្សិលមិញ។

My school is further from here. far ➔ further (or farther) សាលារបស់ខ្ញុំនៅឆ្ងាយពីទីនេះជាង។

error The Double Trap!

Never use "more" and "-er" at the same time!

(ហាមប្រើ "more" ជាមួយនឹងគុណនាមដែលបានបន្ថែម "-er" រួចហើយជាដាច់ខាត!)

"My house is more bigger."
close ខុសទម្រង់វេយ្យាករណ៍

"My house is bigger."
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ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស

Short Adjective

An elephant is ___ than a dog.

(សត្វដំរីធំជាងសត្វឆ្កែ។)

Long Adjective

This book is ___ than that one.

(សៀវភៅមួយនេះគួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍ជាងសៀវភៅមួយនោះ។)

Irregular Form

Pizza is ___ than salad.

(ភីហ្សាឆ្ងាញ់ជាងសាឡាដ។ "good")

error GRAMMAR TRAP!

Which sentence is correct?

(តើប្រយោគមួយណាត្រឹមត្រូវ?)

Meaning Match

When we say "He is taller than me", it means...

(នៅពេលយើងនិយាយថា "He is taller than me" វាមានន័យថា...)

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អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

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អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

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អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

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Comparatives movie

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to easily compare two things in English. Make sure to repeat the examples!

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តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Sovan 2 hours ago

Should I say "more easy" or "easier"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Great question! For adjectives ending in "y", we change the "y" to "i" and add "-er". So it becomes "easier". For example: English is easier than Math! spellcheck

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Minea 5 hours ago

Do we always need to say "than"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Only if you mention the second thing! If someone asks "Which phone is better?", you can just answer "This phone is better." No need for "than" here. But if you mention both, you must use it: "This phone is better than that one." forum

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Vireak 8 hours ago

What about the word "fun"? Is it "funner"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 7 hours ago

Ah, the tricky one! "Fun" is an exception. Even though it is short, we say "more fun", NOT "funner". For example: "The beach is more fun than the city." star