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GRAMMAR NOTES: MAKING
COMPARISONS
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COMPARATIVES
You have learned más and menos in certain expressions.
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COMPARATIVES
Me gusta el tenis pero me gusta más el fútbol. Te gustan las manzanas? Si, más o menos.
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COMPARATIVES
We also use mas / menos + adjective + qué (‘than’) to make comparisons.
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COMPARATIVES mas / menos + adjective + qué Los discos compactos de Los Toros son más populares que los discos compactos de Los Lobos.
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COMPARATIVES
mas / menos + adjective + qué Jorge es menos serio que María.
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COMPARATIVES
The adjectives agree with the nouns they refer to.
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COMPARATIVES
The adjectives bueno, malo, viejo, and joven have irregular comparative forms. We do not use más with them.
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COMPARATIVES
bueno, a malo, a viejo, a joven
mejor (que)
peor (que)mayor (que)
menor (que)
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COMPARATIVES
Mejor, peor, mayor, and menor have plural forms ending in -es. However, they don’t have a different feminine form:
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COMPARATIVES
Las hermanas de Pedro son menores que las de Juan.
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COMPARATIVES
Mejor (better) is also the comparative form of bien (well), and peor (worse) also the comparative form of mal (badly).
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COMPARATIVES
When used in this sense, mejor and peor have only one form.
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COMPARATIVES
Graciela y Fabián son mejores que Susana y Gustavo en tenis.
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COMPARATIVES
Graciela y Fabián juegan tenis mejor que Susana y Gustavo.
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COMPARISONS OF EQUALITY
To compare people or things that are equal to one another, you use:
tan + adjective + como
as + adjective + as
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Ejemplos: En mi club, levanter pesas es tan popular como correr. Bailar ballet es tan difícil como bailar tango.
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To say that things are not equal, you can use the negative En el club Atletico, levanter pesas no es tan popular como correr.
Bailar ballet no es tan difícil como bailar tango.
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To say “as much as” or “as many as” you use:
Tanto,-a + noun + como
Tantos,-as + noun + como
As much + noun+ as
As many + noun + as
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Tanto agrees in gender and number with what is being compared.
Ejemplos:
1. Hay tantas actrices en el ensayo como actors.
2. Hay tantos jóvenes como adultos.