Comparisons Flashcards
More/less than structure
más/menos + (adj./adv./noun) + que
ex. más alto que
“Steaks are more expensive than chicken”
Los bistecs son más caros que el pollo
“These grapes are less tasty than that pear”
Estas uvas son menos ricas que esa pera.
“I go to bed later than you (do)”
Me acuesto más tarde que tú.
“Juan prepares more dishes than José”
Juan prepara más platos que José
“Susana eats less meat than Enrique.”
Susana come menos carne que Enrique
With numbers, what do you need to add to the end?
de needs to be used instead of que
“There are more than fifty oranges”
Hay más de cincuenta naranjas.
“I’ll be there in less than ten minutes”
Llego en menos de diez minutos.
Verb and comparison word order
verb + más/menos que
“My brothers eat more that I do”
Mis hermanos comen más que yo.
“Arturo sleeps less than his father does”
Arturo duerme menos que su padre.
Comparisons of equality; What descriptors do you use/sentence structure
tan + adj./adv. + como
(as …. as)
“These grapes are as tasty as those (are)”
Estas uvas son tan ricas como aquéllas.
as many/as much structure/terms
tanto/a + sing. noun + como
tantos/as + pl. noun + como
“I tried as many dishes as he did”
Yo probé tantos platos como él
What does “tanto” have to agree with
Noun and gender
“so”
tan
“so much”
tanto/a
“so many”
tantos/as
“Your lunch is so big!”
¡Tu almuerzo es tan grande!
“You eat so much!”
¡Comes tanto!
“You eat so many apples!”
¡Comes tantas manzanas!
“They prepare so many dishes!”
¡Preparan tantos platos!
