Joe is small.
Joe is smaller than Jack.
Averell is the tallest, while Joe is the smallest.
To compare people, animals and things, we use comparisons. There are multiple ways to create a comparison in a sentence, depending on the length of the word:
For words with less than 2 syllables (lettergrepen), a comparison is made by adding - er/-est. An example:
--> 'Tall' is a word with only one syllable. If you want to stress that someone/someting is even more tall; simpy add '-er' to the word (sentence 2). If you want to stress that someone/something is even more tall and noone or nothing can beat this: add '-est' (sentence 3).
If a word with one syllable ends with '-e', just add '-r' or '-st', without an 'e':
If a word ends with a vowel and a consonant (klinker & medeklinker), the consonant doubles:
If a word ends with 'y', the 'y' changes into 'ie' + '-r'/ '-est':