Talk:português

Comparability

Is it true that the adjectival form is not comparable? Is the following not possible in Portuguese?: "My father is one half Portuguese, while I am only a quarter Portuguese, so he is more Portuguese than I am." JodianWarrior (talk) 22:52, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

That just means that the form of the adjective does not change. Comparability is achieved by inserting a separate word (mais or menos):

por isso é mais português do que eu.

por isso é menos português do que eu. —Stephen ^(Talk) 02:32, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Ah, OK. Thanks. JodianWarrior (talk) 12:49, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm questioning that again. Representante is comparable according to its page, as are all English adjectives that use "more" or "most" in their comparative form. The words themselves aren't modified in those cases, they use additional words to convey the meaning. JodianWarrior (talk) 12:54, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

The situation is messier than that. I think that whoever created {{pt-adj}} modelled it after {{en-adj}}, but in fact the information on comparability is meaningless and useless, because every Portuguese adjective is comparable when it needs to be comparable, and uncomparable when they need to be uncomparable.

In English, information on comparability is important because many English adjectives have inflected forms for comparability, but in Portuguese only 4 do. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 14:57, 23 June 2015 (UTC)