Comparatives
What are comparisons?
Comparisons are made when one
object/one group is compared to another
object/group and a difference is
apparent.
 Comparisons are between 2 things,
groups, ideas, or concepts.
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Comparison formula
Comparisons that are regular have the
same pattern:
 más/menos + adjective + que
 más = more
 Menos = less
 que = than [notice… no accent!]
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Comparison
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The boy is taller than the girl.
This is a comparison of two people.
 It will use the formula más + adjective + que
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Taller is not a word in Spanish– for
comparative words that end in –er in
English are made by saying more and
then the adjective in Spanish.
 Taller = more tall = más alto
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Comparison
The boy is taller than the girl
 Más + adjective+ que
 El chico es más alto que la chica.
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Make sure the adjective agrees in number
and gender with the subject.
Comparisons
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The cats are smaller than the dogs.
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Más + adjective + que
Los gatos son más pequeños que los
perros.
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Make sure the adjective agrees in number
and gender.
Comparison
The boy is taller than the girl
 Más + adjective+ que
 El chico es más alto que la chica.
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Make sure the adjective agrees in number
and gender with the subject.
There is a second way of saying this:
use menos

El chico es menos bajo que la chica.
Comparisons

The cats are smaller than the dogs.
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Los gatos son más pequeños que los perros.
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Más + adjective + que
Make sure the adjective agrees in number and
gender.
There is a second way of saying this: use
menos

Los gatos son menos grandes que los perros.
Comparisons - irregulars
There are 4 irregulars:
 Viejo
old
 Joven
young
 Malo
bad
 Bueno
good
These are the adjectives that you will see
in the sentence.
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Comparisons - irregular
Viejo
old
 Mayor = older
 The clock is older than the table.
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El reloj es mayor que la mesa.
 NOTICE: This sentence does not use más
or menos.
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With irregulars, you do not need to say
more or less because it is already in the
word = older.
Comparisons - irregular
joven
young
 menor = younger
 The student is younger than the teacher.
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El estudiante es menor que el profesor.
 NOTICE: This sentence does not use más
or menos.
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With irregulars, you do not need to say
more or less because it is already in the
word = younger.
Comparisons - irregular
mal
bad
 peor = worse
 The rain is worse than the snow.
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La lluvia es peor que la nieve.
 NOTICE: This sentence does not use más
or menos.
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With irregulars, you do not need to say
more or less because it is already in the
word = worse.
Comparisons - irregular
bueno
good
 mejor = better
 The pen writes better than the pencil.
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El bolígrafo escribe mejor que el lápiz.
 NOTICE: This sentence does not use más
or menos.
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With irregulars, you do not need to say
more or less because it is already in the
word = better.