How French works
The superlative is the form of an adjective you use when you want to say that something is the biggest, smallest, longest etc. of a number of things.
In English it is often formed by putting –est on the end of the adjective or by putting most / least before it. For example, in the sentence He’s the youngest person in the class, the word youngest is a superlative adjective.
In French superlative adjectives are formed using le, la, or les with plus or moins:
C’est la plus jeune personne dans la classe
He’s / She's the youngest person in the class
La voiture rouge est la moins chère
The red car is the cheapest
Note that the adjective bon (good) has the irregular form le meilleur (best):
Mes notes étaient bonnes mais les notes de Martha étaient les meilleurs
My marks were good but Martha's marks were the best
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