Making Comparisons

1
Making Comparisons

• The phrases másque, menosque, and tancomo are
  used with adjectives to make comparisons
• The adjective is placed between the comparative
  words
• Please note that que does not have an accent mark

2

• Ejemplos
• Juan is more handsome than Pablo
• Juan es más guapo que Pablo
• Diego is less athletic than Juana
• Diego es menos atlético que Juana
• Teodoro is as intellegent as Carlina
• Teodoro es tan intelegente como Carlina

3

• The comparative phrases más que, menos que, and
  tanto como (without an adjective between) are
  used to simply say more than, less than, as much
  as.
• These phrases are commonly used with gustar
• Ejemplos
• Rodrigo likes to swim as much as to run
• A Rodrigo, le gusta nadar tanto como correr.
• Carmelo likes to play basketball more than
  tennis.
• A Carmelo, le gusta jugar al baloncesto más que
  al tenis
• I like to play volleyball less than football.
• Me gusta jugar al voleibol menos que al fútbol
  americano

4

• Más de and menos de
• These phrases are used specifically with numbers.
• Ejemplos
• There are more than 25 students in the class.
• Hay más de veinticinco estudiantes en la clase
• There are less than 1,000 students in the school.
• Hay menos de mil estudiantes en la escuela

5
Other comparative words

• Some other comparative words are
• Mejor/peor
• Mayor/menor
• These words can be used in place of más or menos
  in the phrases más que/menos que.

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Ejemplos

• Spanish class is better than History class.
• La clase de español es mejor que la clase de
  historia
• I am older than you.
• Soy mayor que tú.