Look at these cases of Superlatif with verbs:
Paul est celui qui boit le moins dans ma famille.Paul is the one that drinks the least in my family.
Forming the Superlatif of verbs is quite straightforward :
verb + le plus / le moins
Note:
- No agreement (la plus / les plus), as verbs have no gender
- You can't omit the le, unlike in English (most / the most)
verb + le plus / le moins
Note:
- No agreement (la plus / les plus), as verbs have no gender
- You can't omit the le, unlike in English (most / the most)
Here are other superlative structures:
Le, la, les plus and le, la, les moins = the most and the least (superlatives of adjectives)
Le plus and le moins = the most and the least (superlative of verbs)
Forming the superlative of adjectives in complex cases
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
And comparative structures:
Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (comparisons)
De plus en plus and de moins en moins = more and more and less and less (comparisons with adjectives, adverbs, verbs)
De plus en plus de and de moins en moins de = more and more and less and less (comparisons of nouns)
Making comparisons with adjectives: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with adverbs: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with verbs: plus que, autant que, moins que
Making comparisons with nouns: plus de... que, moins de... que, autant de... que
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Examples and resources
Paul est celui qui boit le moins dans ma famille.Paul is the one that drinks the least in my family.
Ce qu'elle aime le moins chez lui, c'est son arrogance.What she likes the least in him is his arrogance.
