A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 13

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Likewise, Hindi doesn’t have adjectival superlatives like English “best,” “biggest,” “fastest,” “worst,” etc. Instead, Hindi uses the following superlative formula:

A. Ram is the best.

 राम सबसे अच्छा है।

 (Literally: Ram is good from all.)

B. Amitabh Bachchan is the tallest.

 अमिताभ बच्चन सबसे लम्बा है। 

 (Literally: Amitabh Bachchan is tall from all.)

C.               The Himalayan range is the highest.

हिमालय सबसे ऊँचा है।

(Literally: The Himalayan range is high from all.)

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000) Section 4.3 page 53