| Base Adjective | Comparative Form | Superlative Form |
|---|---|---|
| wielki - big | większy - bigger | największy - the biggest |
| stary - old | starszy - older | najstarszy - the oldest |
| interesujący - interesting | bardziej interesujący - more interesting | najbardziej interesujący - the most interesting |
| Step | Explanation |
|---|---|
ciepły | always start with the Singular Masculine Nominative Case Form |
ciepł- + -ejsz- | To create the superlative form, firstly we have to create the comparative form. To do that, extract the stem of the adjective by removing its ending. Now analyze the ending of the stem. The ending ends with two consonants and the second consonant is not k, so we are going to use the -ejsz- infix. If you don't understand this step, please learn firstly how the comparison of adjective works in the Comparison of Adjectives article . |
ciepł- + (ł ➜ l) + -ejsz- | The stem ends with a hard consonant -ł-. Because of that, we will have to additionally soften the stem. |
cieplejszy | Let's connect everything and restore the ending. Great, we have the comparative form. Now to create the superlative form we simply have to add the naj- prefix. |
naj- + cieplejszy = najcieplejszy | We have our superlative form. From this point, we can do the declension. Remember - we want to create the Superlative Masculine Personal Plural in Nominative Case Form. |
najcieplejsz- + -'(y) | The adjective ends in -szy. Because of that, we've chosen the -'(y) ending. If you don't understand this step, please firstly learn how the Declension of Masculine Personal Plural Adjectives works. |
najcieplejsz- + (sz ➜ si) + - | Because of the -'(y) ending we must soften the stem. Notice, that we soften it the second time! Because after the softening the stem will end with an -i- we are skipping the -y ending. |
najcieplejsi | Apply the softening and voila! We've got the final form :) |
