Grammar: A2 - ✨ Grammar Essentials: 🧩 Parts of Speech - Expanding - Lesson 12: Irregular Comparatives & Superlatives (good/better/best, bad/worse/worst)

Grammar: Irregular Adjectives
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Irregular Rules

គុណនាមប្រៀបធៀបមិនតាមក្បួន

Normally, we add -er or -est to compare. But some words break ALL the rules!

ជាធម្មតា យើងថែម -er ឬ -est ដើម្បីប្រៀបធៀប។ ប៉ុន្តែគុណនាមមួយចំនួន មិនតាមក្បួននេះទាល់តែសោះ!
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workspace_premium The "Good" Family

គុណនាមដែលមានន័យថា ល្អ
Good ➔ Better Use "better" to compare TWO things. ល្អ ➔ ល្អជាង
Good ➔ The best Use "the best" for THREE OR MORE things. ល្អ ➔ ល្អបំផុត (តែងតែមាន the នៅខាងមុខ)
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thumb_down The "Bad" Family

គុណនាមដែលមានន័យថា អាក្រក់
Bad ➔ Worse Use "worse" to compare TWO things. អាក្រក់ ➔ អាក្រក់ជាង
Bad ➔ The worst Use "the worst" for THREE OR MORE things. អាក្រក់ ➔ អាក្រក់បំផុត
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route The "Far" Family

គុណនាមប្រាប់ពីចម្ងាយ (ឆ្ងាយ)
Far ➔ Farther / Further Farther (physical distance) / Further (figurative/more). ឆ្ងាយ ➔ ឆ្ងាយជាង (ចម្ងាយផ្ទាល់ ឬ កម្រិតស៊ីជម្រៅ)
Far ➔ The farthest / The furthest The most distant. ឆ្ងាយ ➔ ឆ្ងាយបំផុត
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bar_chart Quantity (បរិមាណ)

តិច និង ច្រើន
Little ➔ LessThe least Used for uncountable nouns. តិច ➔ តិចជាង ➔ តិចបំផុត
Much/Many ➔ MoreThe most Used to show a larger quantity. ច្រើន ➔ ច្រើនជាង ➔ ច្រើនបំផុត
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Don't use "more" or "most" with irregulars!

(កុំប្រើពាក្យ "more" ឬ "most" ជាមួយគុណនាមមិនតាមក្បួន ព្រោះវាជាការប្រៀបធៀបត្រួតគ្នាពីរដង!)
More better ❌ / Most worst
"Better" already means "more good"!
Much better ✅ / The absolute worst
If you want to emphasize, use "much" before a comparative.

Quick Check ⚡

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស
Fill in the blank
This pizza is ___ than the one we ate yesterday.
(ភីហ្សានេះឆ្ងាញ់ជាងភីហ្សាដែលយើងញ៉ាំម្សិលមិញ។)
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Which sentence is CORRECT?
(តើប្រយោគមួយណាត្រឹមត្រូវ?)
Superlative form
She is ___ singer in the whole school.
(នាងគឺជាអ្នកចម្រៀងដែលពីរោះជាងគេបំផុតនៅក្នុងសាលា។)
Fill in the blank
I have ___ money than my brother. (Not as much)
(ខ្ញុំមានលុយតិចជាងបងប្រុសខ្ញុំ។)
Distance
I can't walk any ___. I am too tired!
(ខ្ញុំមិនអាចដើរទៅមុខទៀតបានទេ។ ខ្ញុំហត់ណាស់!)
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

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Recent Questions

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Vanna 2 hours ago

What is the difference between "farther" and "further"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Great question! Historically, "farther" is for physical distance (The store is farther away). "Further" is for figurative distance or meaning "more" (I need further information). But today, many native speakers use them interchangeably! 📏

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Sokha 5 hours ago

Why do we have to use "the" with "best" and "worst"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Because there can only be ONE "best" or ONE "worst"! It is specific and unique, so it needs the definite article "the". 🥇

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Makara 8 hours ago

What about "fewer"? Is it the same as "less"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 7 hours ago

Similar, but there's a strict rule! Use "less" for uncountable things (less water, less time). Use "fewer" for things you can count (fewer books, fewer people). 📚💧

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