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Adjectives & Comparison

Adjective placement after the noun, comparatives with lebih/daripada and superlatives with paling
besar/kecil
big/small
buh-SAR / kuh-CHEEL
Basic size adjectives
bagus/jelek
good/bad (quality)
BAH-goos / juh-LEK
Basic quality adjectives
rumah besar
big house
ROO-mah buh-SAR
Adjective follows the noun it describes
Adjektiva berfungsi seperti kata kerja statif
Adjectives function like stative verbs — no "to be" needed
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No linking verb is required before an adjective
Rumah itu besar.
That house is big.
ROO-mah EE-too buh-SAR
No word for "is" — the adjective carries the meaning directly
lebih
more (comparative marker)
LUH-bee
lebih besar = bigger
lebih besar daripada
bigger than
LUH-bee buh-SAR da-ree-PAH-da
Comparative with an explicit point of comparison
paling
most (superlative marker)
PAH-ling
paling besar = biggest
sangat/sekali
very
SAHNG-at / suh-KAH-lee
sangat besar or besar sekali = very big
agak
somewhat/rather
AH-gak
agak besar = rather big