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 (Superlative with Adjectives in French)
Le plus/Le moins = The most/the least (Superlative with Verbs in French)
Forming the superlative of French adjectives in complex cases
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst in French (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 in French)
De plus en plus / De moins en moins + [adverbe/adjectif/verbe] = more and more / less and less + [adverb/adjective/verb] (Comparisons in French)
De plus en plus de / de moins en moins de + [nom] = more and more / less and less + [nouns] (Comparisons in French)
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adjectives in French)
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adverbs in French)
Plus que/Moins que/Autant que = More than/Less than/As much as (Comparisons with Verbs in French)
Plus de ... que/Moins de ... que/Autant de ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As much/many ... as (Comparisons with Nouns in French)
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Examples and resources
De tous ses employés, c'est Juliette qui travaille le plus.Out of all his employees, Juliette works the most.
Ce qui m'énerve le plus, c'est qu'il peut tout se permettre. What gets on my nerves the most is that he gets away with it.
