I can compare two things and choose — otobüsten daha hızlı, en ucuz — ask in a store “do you have anything cheaper?”, and give my opinion: bence, bana göre.
Cheaper, faster, the most: comparison
Cheaper, faster, the most: comparison
Why: to compare two things, choose the best one, and give your opinion.
“More” is the word daha before the quality: daha ucuz — cheaper, daha hızlı — faster. The quality itself never changes: no -er, no -est.
“Than …” is the ablative ending -dan, -den, -tan, -ten on the thing you compare with, and that word comes before daha:
• Metro otobüsten daha hızlı. — “The subway is faster than the bus.”
• İstanbul Ankara'dan daha büyük.
With pronouns: benden, senden, ondan; bu → bundan, şu → şundan.
“The most” is the word en: en ucuz — the cheapest; Türkiye'nin en büyük şehri — “the biggest city in Turkey”.
Your opinion goes at the start of the sentence: bence or bana göre — “in my opinion”: Bence tren daha rahat.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “daha büyük Ankara” → Ankara'dan daha büyük
• NOT “Ankara İzmir daha büyük” → Ankara İzmir'den daha büyük
• NOT “Ben göre” → Bana göre
More and most
The word itself doesn't change; there are no exceptions.
| Quality | More | Most |
|---|---|---|
| ucuz | daha ucuz | en ucuz |
| hızlı | daha hızlı | en hızlı |
| iyi | daha iyi | en iyi |
| zor | daha zor | en zor |
Lesson notes
Cheaper, faster, the most: comparison
Why: to compare two things, choose the best one, and give your opinion.
“More” is the word daha before the quality: daha ucuz — cheaper, daha hızlı — faster. The quality itself never changes: no -er, no -est.
“Than …” is the ablative ending -dan, -den, -tan, -ten on the thing you compare with, and that word comes before daha:
• Metro otobüsten daha hızlı. — “The subway is faster than the bus.”
• İstanbul Ankara'dan daha büyük.
With pronouns: benden, senden, ondan; bu → bundan, şu → şundan.
“The most” is the word en: en ucuz — the cheapest; Türkiye'nin en büyük şehri — “the biggest city in Turkey”.
Your opinion goes at the start of the sentence: bence or bana göre — “in my opinion”: Bence tren daha rahat.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “daha büyük Ankara” → Ankara'dan daha büyük
• NOT “Ankara İzmir daha büyük” → Ankara İzmir'den daha büyük
• NOT “Ben göre” → Bana göre