Comparisons
of Inequality
In Spanish, comparisons of inequality is expressed by using
one of the following:
1) más or menos + adjective + que
2) más or menos + adverb + que
3) más or menos + noun + que
Here are some examples:
1)
Tú eres más alto que yo.
You are taller than I.
2) Mónica habla más lentamente que Carmen.
Monica speaks more slowly than Carmen.
3) Tengo menos libros que mi hermano.
I have fewer books than my brother.
NOTE:
If you are using an adjective, like example number 1, you need to agree
it – in gender and / or number.
If the comparative is followed by a number, use de
rather than que.
Hay
menos de veinte alumnos en la clase.
There are less than twenty students in the class.
Él tiene más de noventa años.
He is more than ninety years old.
To form the comparisons of equality using adjectives or
adverbs, use the following:
tan
+ adjective (adverb) + como
El libro es tan bueno como la película.
(The book is as good as the movie.)
El chico es tan alto como la chica.
(The boy is as tall as the girl.)
The following adjectives
have irregular forms for the comparative and the superlative:
Adjective: bueno (good)
Comparative: mejor (better)
Superlative: el/la mejor (best)
Adjective: malo (bad)
Comparative: peor (worse)
Superlative: el/la peor (the worst)
Note that the words más and
menos are not used with the irregular comparatives.