Comparativos Comparatives

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Comparativos Comparatives

• You will learn how to write comparative sentences
  in Spanish.
• You will learn the expressions more than, less
  than, and as much as.

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Examples of comparativesTRY TO DETERMIN THE
SENTENCE PATTERN IN THE EXAMPLES.

• Ana es más alta que Miguel.
• Ana is taller than Miguel.
• Mi abuela es más simpática que mi abuelo.
• My grandma is nicer than my grandpa.

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más ejemplosEl pájaro es más bonito que el
oso.The bird is prettier than the bear.

• El libro es más grande que el bolígrafo.
• The book is bigger than the pen.
• La manzana es más sana que el helado.
• The apple is healthier than the ice cream.

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The comparative more than más que

• From the examples you can easily see that to say
  something is MORE THAN something else is
• más (adjective) que
• The sentence pattern is
• (The noun) is más (adjective) que (the
• other noun).

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A couple things to keep in mind

• Keep in mind IS comes from SER.
• (and Estar, but Ser in this case!)
• es- for singular
• son- for plural
• The adjective agrees in gender and number with
  the FIRST noun in the comparison.

Back to examples
Try it on your own
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Multiple Choice click on the correct translation

• The horse is faster than the car.
• A. El caballo es rápido que el carro.
• B. El caballo es más rápido que el carro.
• C. El caballo es más rápida que el carro.
• She is skinnier than me.
• A. Ella es más delgado que yo.
• B. Ella es más delgada que yo.
• C. Ella es delgada que yo.

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Buen trabajo!
YOU DID IT!!! You chose the one whose adjective
agreed in gender with the first noun! It also
used the singular form of SER because the horse
is singular.
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Lo siento ?

• El caballo es ___ rápido que el carro.
• You are missing something!

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Que triste!

• El caballo es más rápida que el carro.
• Your adjective does not agree with the first
  noun!

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Falso!

• Ella es más delgado que yo.
• Your adjective does not agree with the first noun!

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No es correcto. ?

• Ella es ___ delgada que yo.
• You are missing something!

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Another way to compare is LESS THAN.

• Less than MENOS QUE
• menos noun que
• Use the same sentence pattern!

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Examples of menos que

• Pablo has less hair than Guillermo.
• Pablo tiene menos pelo que Guillermo.
• María has less flowers than Julia.
• María tiene menos flores que Julia.
• I have less money than my brother.
• Tengo menos dinero que mi hermano.

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Did you notice?

• Did you notice that with LESS THAN you use a
  noun, not an adjective?
• Therefore no agreement is necessary.
• Did you also notice that now we are using mostly
  TENER, not ser?
• Tiene- singular
• Tienen- plural

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Now you tryCLICK ON THE CORRECT
TRANSLATION!That tree has less leaves than the
other. . A. Aquel árbol tiene
menos hojas que el otro .B. Aquel árbol tiene
hojos menos que el otro.

• The soup has more rice than chicken.
• La sopa tiene arroz que pollo.
• La sopa tiene menos arroz que pollo.

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BIEN!

• You got it!
• You chose the one that had the correct sentence
  pattern!

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No.

• Youre missing something.

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Lo siento.

• You have the wrong word order.

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Other ways to compare!WRITE IT DOWN!

• as ___ as tan adjective como
• You are as smart as me.
• Eres tan inteligente como yo.
• Franco is as old as Julio.
• Franco es tan viejo como Julio.

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Even more ways to compare

• as many ___ as OR as much ___ as
• tanto adjective como
• TANTO AGREES IN GENDER AND NUMBER WITH THE
  NOUN!!!
• I have as many cars as you.
• Tengo tantos carros como tú.
• you can also use these without an adjective
• I have as much as you.
• Tengo tanto como tú.

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What you are about to see is a preview of the
material we will cover yet today, in class!
Prepare yourself! ?
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Can you use más que with verbs other than ser?

• SURE! Watch
• My mom has more jewelry than me.
• Mi madre tiene más joyería que yo.

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Superlativos Superlatives

• You will learn how to say things like big,
  bigger, biggest with Spanish adjectives.

grande
lo más grande
más grande
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rápido
más rápido
lo más rápido
más caliente
caliente
lo más caliente
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