Re: Good, better, Best. Bad, Worse, Worst

--- In cybalist@..., rhtabone@... wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> I have been thinking about this for quite some time, but I never

knew

> how to go about it.
>
> I wanted to gather evidence for my thesis that in all IE languages,
> the comparative and superlative of 'Good' and 'Bad' are always

formed

> from another stem. This works for the adverbs as well.
>
> I know an example from Romance:
> Port: bom (adj), bem(adv), melhor (adj, adv comp and sup),
> mau (adj), mal (adv) -> pior (adj, adv comp and sup).
>
> Engl: good(adj), well(adv), better (comp), best(sup)
> bad(adv), badly(adv), worse (comp), worst(sup)
>
> Can anyone prove or disprove this statement?

I can disprove it for one of the swedish words in one of it's
meanings.
god (adj.)( about food and mood) godare godast
but you can also say god bättre bäst which is a more original way I
guess. So the above seems to be the exeption to the rule.

The other word for good is bra, and both the adverb and adjectiv is:
bra bättre bäst. Here <bra> is a loan from italian <bravo>
in other cases it's
Cheers
Anders