Yesterday, I was teaching
Giselle an English lesson- Superlatives.
For most of you, my
reader, who came from Indo-background, same as me, we learnt superlative maybe
sometime back in primary or secondary school. Omg I just realized how shallow
was our English education back then….compare to those kids nowadays.
To recap, there are 3
rules of superlatives:
- One syllable adjectives with consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Just add –er and the – est.
Ex:
Big-bigger- the
biggest
Tall- taller- the
tallest
- Two syllable adjectives ending with Y. Just change Y to I and add- er and the –est.
Ex:
Happy- happier- the
happiest
Busy- busier- the
busiest
- Adjective or adverbs with two or more syllable. Add more- syllable and the most- syllable
Ex:
Famous- more famous-
the most famous
Interactive - more
interactive - the most interactive
Easy peasy!
Cut story short, I was
teaching Giselle those basic rules of superlatives. She understood completely (she
is the fast-learner, I supposed) when I give her a scenario on how and when to
use superlatives. Then we learnt special superlatives such as good-better-best,
and etc…then suddenly she asked me…
G: Mommy, how about
fat- fatter- the fattest? Ah pooi- ah pooier- ah pooiest????
D: *faint*, this
superlative for English not Hokkien, ok!?
G: *giggle giggle*
Okay that’s all!
Going to do my final packing and go to airport for Tokyo trip soon!
I and Mel’s flight is midnight
tonight. We’ll be back next week.
Be good when I’m not
around, will ya?
Off we go…Tokyo here we go! Mata raishuu....
-Deb-
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