Comparatives with Irregular Endings

The regular form of comparative adjectives (better, faster, smarter, worse, etc.) is made by replacing the ending with -ее. Some adjectives (including ones where the normal neuter ending is -ее instead of -ое and ones where the stem ends on a д к х т or г), however, have irregular forms. Here is a short list of them. I doubt this is all of them, but these are very common ones.

ранний - early
раньше - earlier (sooner)

поздний - late
позже - later

большой - large
больше - larger

маленький - small
меньше - smaller

краткий - short
кратче - shorter

долгий - long
дольше - longer

молодой - young
моложе - younger

старый - old
старше - older

далёкий - far
дальше - farther

близкий - near
ближе - nearer

хороший - good
лучше - better

плохой - bad
хуже - worse

дорогой - dear (precious, expensive)
дороже - dearer (more precious, more expensive)

дешёвый - worthless (cheap, modest)
дешевле - more worthless (cheaper, more modest)

I don't know why the ё disappears in the last one.

Isn't it раний and старьше?

i don't think старьше is a word, possibily you mean старше which means 'older'

haha v, how does it feel, how does it FEEEEEEL ?

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

haha v, how does it feel, how does it FEEEEEEL ?

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I didn't say Mike was wrong, I asked if he was.

Well, I could be wrong, but the Russian dictionary seems to be on my side for once in my life.

Yeah, same here. You were right about ранний too.

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Originally Posted by mike

I don't know why the ё disappears in the last one.

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'Cause Russian is crazy and irregular. :-)

i wish i was right once in awhile... i should go dance off a cliff.