Degree: degree of comparison
Degree of comparison is a feature of adjectives, some adverbs, and verbs in participle form.
Pos: positive, first degree
This is the base form that merely states a quality of something, without comparing it to qualities of others.
Examples
- [fi] uusi nimi “new name”
Cmp: comparative, second degree
The quality of one things is compared to the same quality of another.
Examples
- [fi] nuorempi veli “younger brother”
- [fi] pyöriä nopeammin “rotate faster”
Sup: superlative, third degree
The quality of one thing is compared to the same quality of all other things within a set.
Examples
- [fi] paras tulos “best result”
- [fi] nopeimmin kasvavat “fastest grow”
Diff
FinnTreeBank
The FI_FTB corpus applies the degree of comparison only when it is noticeable in the word form (that is, in comparative or superlative). Positive (Pos) is not used, as not all adjectives, adverbs and verb participles can appear in the other degrees of comparison at all.
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