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Comparatives and Superlatives The comparative of adjectives and adverbs shows a comparison between two persons or objects. Ramesh is taller than susmita. Abid runs faster than Ravi. The superlative describes the ultimate degree or quality of adjectives and adverbs. Shaym is the shortest man in town. German uses comparatives and superlatives in the same way. But they are formed uniquely. Also remember that comparatives and superlatives can be adjectives. That means they can have adjective endings and must conform to the gender, number, and case of the nouns they modify. Comparatives The basic German form of comparative adjectives and adverbs is the attachment of the suffix -er to the adjective or adverb. For example: positive                       comparative klein                           kleiner               smaller re...

Future Tenses Like other tenses in English, the future tense has more than one form: habitual   I will go to school. incomplete or progressive  I will be going to school. Both forms are translated into German by a single future-tense conjugation, which consists of the present-tense conjugation of werden and an infinitive located at the end of the sentence.  For example: Ich werde zur Schule gehen.  I’ll go to school. Er wird seinen Onkel besuchen.  He’ll visit his uncle. Die Männer werden Karten spielen.  The men will play cards. Another way to express the future tense in German is by a present-tense conjugation where the future tense is inferred or understood by the context or because of an adverb accompanying the verb. For example: Was macht ihr morgen? Wir fahren  What are you doing tomorrow?  in die Stadt.  We’re driving to the city. Fährt euer Vater auch mit?  Will your father be going along? Ich habe nächste Woche eine Prüfung....