Perbandingan Kata Keterangan (Comparison of adverb) - Semua ketentuan tingkat perbandingan yang berlaku untuk adjectives (kata sifat) berlaku juga pada adverb (Kata keterangan).
Pada dasarnya tidak ada perbedaan antara adjective dengan adverb dalam tingkat perbandingan, yakni:
1. Adjective / adverb yang singkat
Terdiri dari satu atau dua suku kata, dan mendapatkan akhiran "er" dalam tingkat lebih (comparative) sedangkan dalam tingkat paling (superlative) mendapat imbuhan "est".
Contoh:
Adjective
+ This wood is hard.
+ Stone is harder than the wood.
- Stone is not as hard as iron.
Adverb
+ Yono works hard.
+ Yono works harder than his brother.
- Yono does not work hard as harder as Rini.
2. Adjective / adverb yang panjang
Terdiri dari lebih dari dua suku kata mendapatkan awalan "more" dan "most" dalam tingkat leboh dan tingkat paling.
Contoh:
Adjective
+ Mariza is more beautiful than Putri.
+ Mariza is as beautiful as Sari.
- Mariza is not as beautiful as Sulandari.
Adverb
+ Caca sings more beautifully than she dances.
+ Caca sings asa beautifully as ina.
- Caca doesn't sing as beautifully as Acha.
3. Tingkat perbandingan tidak beraturan
Pada perbandingan tidak beraturan untuk adjective berlaku pula untuk adverb dalam bentuk yang sama.
Contoh:
Adjective
+ This film is better than that one.
+ This film is as good as it was yesterday.
- This film isn't so good as it was yesterday.
Adverb
+ I speak english better than you do.
+ I speak english as well as my teacher.
- I don't speak english as well as my teacher.
