Making comparisons in Spanish Msque Menos que Tanto

Making comparisons in Spanish Más……que…. . Menos…. . que…. Tanto…. como Tanta…como Tantos…como Tantas…como Tan…como

Nouns A noun is a person place thing or idea Por ejemplo: La chica La escuela El libro La libertad!

Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a noun Por ejemplo: alto grande interesante importante

More than…. . Less than…. (when things are NOT equal) We can say that two nouns are more or less of something (an adjective) or in number than the other using the formula: Más (adjective) que… Menos (adjective) que…. . Por ejemplo: La chica es menos alta que el chico = the girl is less tall than the boy La escuela es más grande que la casa = the school is bigger than the house Sra. Darling es menos interesante que Snapchat = Sra. Darling is less interesting than Snapchat

Special expressions n n n Some comparativos have special expressions: Menor que = younger than Mayor que = older than Mejor que = better than Peor que = worse than Ejemplos: I am younger than my brother = Yo soy menor que mi hermano. We are better than the Titans = Nosotros somos mejores que los Titans.

tan…como When things are equal… n n n We can also say that nouns that are equally something (an adjective) using the formula: tan (adjective) como The adjective must agree for gender and number with the first person or thing being compared. Ejemplos: Pablo es tan alto como Anita. = Pablo is as tall as Anita. La banda es tan talentosa como el coro. = The band is as talented as the choir. El golf es tan difícil como el tenis. = Golf is as difficult as tennis.

As many as…. When things are equal When there are the same number of nouns, we use the following Tanto (noun) como Tanta (noun) como tantos (noun)como Tantas (noun) como We choose which form of tanto based on the gender and number of the noun in the formula. Por ejemplo: Hay tantos chicos como chicas en la clase = There as many boys as girls in the class Omaha no tiene tantas escuelas como bancos = Omaha doesn’t have as many Schools as banks. *En Iraq no hay tanta libertad como dinero* = In Iraq there isn’t as much freedom as money.

All together! The family has as many dogs as cats. La familia tiene tantos perros como gatos. The family has fewer dogs than cats. La familia tiene menos perros que gatos. We are more athletic than Papio South. Somos más atléticos que Papio South.