Le superlatif

Le Superlatif des adjectifs

C'est la meilleur!

Poll

Do you know what a superlative is in English?

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Do you remember the superlative in French?

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• Sounds familiar

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Superlatif

• It is the way to say that someone or something is the best or worst of a certain quality

• In English, many superlatives end with -est

• tallest

• shortest

• fastest

• loudest

Open Ended

Can you think of any irregular superlatives in English? (ones that don't end in -est)

Le superlatif en français

• In French we don't change the adjective that we are using to describe

• Instead we add 'the most' or 'the least' to it

Open Ended

How do you say 'the' in French???

Open Ended

How do you say more/most and less/least?

Formation

• Put 'the' and 'most/least' together before and adjective to form the superlatif!

• Le plus ... la plus ... les plus ...

• Le moins ... la moins ... les moins ...

• NOTE: le/la/les and the adjective MUST agree with who/what you are describing

Irregulars

• The superlative of bon is le/la/les meilleur(e)(s)

• Use this to say the best

• The superlative of mauvais is le/la/les pire(s)

• Use this to say the worst

Open Ended

How do you say:

the tallest

the shortest

the fastest

the prettiest

the most abstract

the oldest

the youngest

Making a complete sentence

• noun + is/are + the + noun category + the + most/least + adjective

• Le Louvre est le musée le plus célèbre

• Mme Chuck est la prof la plus jolie

Alternate sentence

• the + noun category + the + most/least + adjective + is/are + noun

• Le chat le plus fou est Alice

• Le bébé le plus mignon est Coraline

Superlative with BANGS adjectives

• Remember that BANGS go BEFORE the noun

• Superlatives that use these adjectives will have a different formation:

• noun + is/are + the + most/least + adjective + noun category

• Hartford est la plus grande ville

• L'été est la meilleure saison