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もっと + adjective / verb
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もっと means "more": もっと食べてください, "please eat more"; もっと安いのはありますか, "do you have a cheaper one?", literally "a more cheap one".
Japanese adjectives have no -er form, so もっと is how you ask for a bigger, cheaper or quieter version of something. When the comparison is obvious, no より is needed.
With a verb, it's more of the action: もっと勉強したい, "I want to study more".
Don't mix it up with もう. もう一つ is "one more (item)"; もっと is "more" in degree or amount. もっと and 一番 are the two ends of Japanese comparison: more, and most.
Examples
もっとゆっくり話してください。
Please speak more slowly.
もっと安いのはありますか。
Do you have a cheaper one?
もっと日本語を勉強したいです。
I want to study Japanese more.
もっと大きい声で言ってください。
Please say it louder.
どうぞ、もっと食べてください。
Go on, have some more.