Vietnamese/Comparison

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Vietnamese creates comparatives and superlatives out of adjectives and adverbs simply by adding a word to the end. First of all, what are comparatives and superlatives? Comparatives are demonstrated in the following sentences:

He is taller than I am.
You have more than I do.

They simply express a comparison between two items. Superlatives are demonstrated in the following sentences:

He is the tallest of the three.
She brought the most cookies.

They express the outcome of a comparison between more than two items. (All of the items being compared, except for "she," are implied in the second sentence.)

Comparatives[edit | edit source]

In Vietnamese, comparatives are formed by placing hơn after the adjective or adverb. For example:

Nó cao hơn anh.
He is taller than I. (literally: He tall more me.)
Ông có hơn con.
You, sir, have more than I. (literally: You (sir) have more me.)

(More to come.)