Comparativos y superlativos. Comparisons of inequality With adjectives, adverbs, nouns and verbs,...

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Comparativos y superlativos

Comparisons of inequality

With adjectives, adverbs, nouns and

verbs, these constructions are used to

make comparisons of inequality More thanLess than

Adjectives, adverbs, nouns

Más / menos + Adjective, adverb, noun + que

Adjetivo

Este hotel es más elegante que el otro.

This hotel is more elegant than the other.

Adverbio

Pedro llegó más tarde que yo.

Pedro arrived later than I did.

Sustantivo (noun)

Éric tiene más maletas que Fabiola.

Erica has more suitcases than Fabiola.

VerboVerbo + más/menos que

Verbo

Mi hermano viaja menos que yo.

My brother travels less than I do.

Before a number (or equivalent), more/less than is expressed with

más / menos de

Un pasaje de ida y vuelta cuesta más de quinientos dólares ($500).

A roundtrip ticket costs more than $500.

Before a number, more/less than is expressed with más / menos de

Mi vuelo sale en menos de una hora.

My flight leaves in less than an hour.

SUPERLATIVOS

This constructions is used to form superlatives (superlativos).

The noun is preceded by a definite article (el, la, los, las), and DE is the equivalent of IN or OF>.

SUPERLATIVOS

El / la

+

Sustantivo

+

Más/menos

+

de

Ejemplos de SUPERLATIVOS

Ésta es la playa más bonita de todas.

This is the prettiest beach of them all.

Ejemplos de SUPERLATIVOS

Es el hotel más barato (inexpensive) de México.

It is the cheapest hotel in Mexico.

SUPERLATIVOS, cont.The noun can be omitted .

El Hotel Hilton es el más elegante de Cancún.

The Hilton Hotel is the most elegant in Cancún.

Irregular Comparatives and superlatives

Adjective

Bueno/a GoodMalo/a badGrande bigPequeño/a smallJoven

youngViejo/a old

Comparative/superlative

Mejor el/la mejor

Peor el/la peor

Mayor el/la mayor

Menor el/la menor

Menor el/la menor

Mayor el/la mayor

Comparisons of equalitywith a noun

Tanto/a/os/as + singular or plural noun + como

Tengo tantas maletas como tú.

I have as many suitcases as you.

Comparisons of equalitywith an adjective/adverb

Tan + adjective/adverb + comoNuestro hotel es tan lujoso como

el tuyo.Our hotel is a luxurious as

your’s.Tú corres tan rápidamente como

Julián.You run as fast as Julián.

Comparisons of equalitywith a verb

Verb + tanto como Viajo tanto como Anita.

I travel as often as Anita.Tú nadaste tanto como yo en

Cancún.You swam as much as I did in

Cancún.

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