8.3: Comparisons Flashcards
Both Spanish and English use __________ to indicate which of two people or things has a lesser, equal, or greater degree of a quality.
comparisons
menos interesante
less interesting
más grande
bigger
tan sabroso como
as delicious as
Comparisons of inequality are formed by placing ________ or _______ before adjectives, adverbs, and nouns and _______ after them
más; menos; que
más/menos + (_______, _______, or _______) + que
adjective; adverb; noun
Note that while English has a comparative form for __________ (taller), such forms do not exist in Spanish (más alto).
short adjectives
Comparison with adjectives:
Los bistecs son más caros que el pollo.
Steaks are more expensive than chicken.
Comparison with adjectives:
Estas uvas son menos ricas que esa pera.
These grapes are less tasty than that pear.
Comparison with adverbs:
Me acuesto más tarde que tú.
I go to bed later than you (do).
Comparison with adverbs:
Luis se despierta menos temprano que yo.
Luis wakes up less early than I (do).
Comparison with nouns:
Juan prepara más platos que José.
Juan prepares more dishes than José (does).
Comparison with nouns:
Susana come menos carne que Enrique.
Susana eats less meat than Enrique does.
Comparison with adjectives:
La ensalada es menos cara que la sopa.
Salad is less expensive than soup.
Comparison with adjectives:
¿El pollo es más rico que el jamón?
Is the chicken tastier than the salmon?
When the comparison involves a number of expressions, ____ is used before the number instead of que.
de
Comparison involving numerical expression:
Hay más de cincuenta naranjas.
There are more than fifty oranges.
Comparison involving numerical expression:
Llego en menos de diez minutos.
I’ll be there in less than ten minutes.
With verbs, this construction is used to make comparisons of inequality:
(verb) + más/menos que
Verbs with comparisons of inequality:
Mis hermanos comen más que yo.
My brothers eat more than I (do).
Verbs with comparisons of inequality:
Arturo duerme menos que su padre.
Arturo sleeps less than his father (does).
When making comparisons of equality, use the following two contructions:
tan + (_______ or _______) + como
tanto/a(s) + (__________ or __________) + como
adjective; adverb
singular noun; plural noun
These are constructions of __________:
tan + (adjective or adverb) + como
tanto/a(s) + (singular noun or plural noun) + como
equality
For constructions of equality, use tan with __________ and __________, and tanto/a(s) with __________ and __________.
adjective; adverb; singular noun; plural noun
