Thread: 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 ?

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

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

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.

Originally Posted by mike

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

'Cause Russian is crazy and irregular.

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