{"id":1427,"date":"2021-05-21T19:03:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T19:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/comparaciones\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:33:20","slug":"comparaciones","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/comparaciones\/","title":{"raw":"Comparaciones","rendered":"Comparaciones"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\nCompare two things using comparative expressions\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h4>Comparaciones de igualdad<\/h4>\r\nWhat grammatical structures do we use to compare two people or things that have equal or similar qualities? In English we use the formula \"as\" + adjective\/adverb + \"as.\" Here are the formula and some examples in Spanish:\r\n\r\n<strong>Tan<\/strong> + (adjetivo\/adverbio) + <strong>como<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2495\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2495\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/10050617\/espana-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/> From an ad campaign for Spain: \"Espa\u00f1a: Tan singular como plural\"[\/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/un_enfermero_es_tan_importante_como_un_medico.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Un enfermero es tan importante como un m\u00e9dico. (<em>A nurse is as important as a doctor.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/gina_rodriguez_actua_tan_bien_como_america_ferrera.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Gina Rodr\u00edguez act\u00faa tan bien como America Ferrera. (<em>Gina Rodriguez acts just as well as America Ferrera.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSpanish and English follow a similar pattern for adjectives and adverbs but comparing nouns is different. The formula is similar, but now instead of \u201ctan\u201d we use the word \"tanto\". \"Tanto\" is functioning as an adjective and as we learned in Unidad 2, adjectives need to agree in gender and in number with the nouns that they modify. Therefore, the formula is as follows:\r\n<div align=\"left\">\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>tanto<\/strong> +<\/td>\r\n<td>(masculine singular noun) +<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>tanta<\/strong> +<\/td>\r\n<td>(feminine singular noun) +<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>tantos<\/strong> +<\/td>\r\n<td>(masculine plural noun) +<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>tantas<\/strong> +<\/td>\r\n<td>(feminine plural noun) +<\/td>\r\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_musico_tiene_tantos_instrumentos_como_el_cantante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El m\u00fasico tiene tantos instrumentos como el cantante. (<em>The musician has as many instruments as the singer<\/em>.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_ingeniero_tiene_tantas_maquinas_como_el_mecanico.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El ingeniero tiene tantas m\u00e1quinas como el mec\u00e1nico. (<em>The engineer has as many machines as the mechanic<\/em>.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_trabajador_social_tiene_tanta_paciencia_como_el_psicologo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El trabajador social tiene tanta paciencia como el psic\u00f3logo. (<em>The social worker has as much patience as the psychologist.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nTo compare two actions, the structure is simply:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">(Verbo) + <strong>tanto como<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/yo_corro_tanto_como_un_futbolista.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo corro tanto como un futbolista. (<em>I run as much as a soccer player.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/los_bomberos_se_sientan_a_esperar_tanto_como_apagan_incendios.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los bomberos se sientan a esperar tanto como apagan incendios. (<em>Firefighters sit around waiting as much as they fight fires.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Comparaciones de desigualdad<\/h4>\r\nIn English, we typically add \"-er\" to an adjective and combine it with the word \"than\" to make unequal comparisons between two items. But if we have an adjective with more than two syllables in English we have to add \u201cmore.\u201d\r\n\r\nThis is similar to Spanish where you always add \u201cm\u00e1s\u201d (<em>more<\/em>) in front of the adjective, the quality that is the point of comparison. However, we do not need to limit ourselves to saying \u201cm\u00e1s\u201d, we can also use \u201cmenos\u201d. And instead of \"than\" we'll use \"que\". <strong>\u00a1Ojo!<\/strong> There\u2019s no accent mark on \u201cque\u201d in comparisons, these are not questions. Therefore, the formula for comparisons of inequality is as follows:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s<\/strong> + (<em>adjective<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong>\r\n<strong>menos<\/strong> + (<em>adjective<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><\/p>\r\nAs always, there are no hard-and-fast grammar rules: there are some irregular adjectives when making comparisons.\r\n\r\njoven:\u00a0<strong>menor<\/strong> (<em>younger<\/em>)\r\nviejo:\u00a0<strong>mayor<\/strong> (<em>older<\/em>)\r\n\r\nEjemplos:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/eva_longoria_es_mas_baja_que_jennifer_lopez.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Eva Longoria es m\u00e1s baja que Jennifer Lopez. (<em>Eva Longoria is shorter than Jennifer Lopez.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/camila_cabello_es_menor_que_mi_hermano_menor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Camila Cabello es menor que mi hermano menor. (<em>Camila Cabello is younger than my younger brother<\/em>.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe same formula works for adverbs as well in comparisons of inequality:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s<\/strong> + (<em>adverb<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong>\r\n<strong>menos<\/strong> + (<em>adverb<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><\/p>\r\nAnd of course, there are some \"irregular\" adverbs when making comparisons.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">bien:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>mejor<\/strong> (<em>better<\/em>)\r\nmal:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>peor<\/strong> (<em>worse<\/em>)<\/p>\r\nEjemplos:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/yo_ahorro_dinero_mas_lentamente_que_mi_hermana.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo ahorro dinero m\u00e1s lentamente que mi hermana. (<em>I save money slower than my sister.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/esa_peluquera_me_corta_el_pelo_peor_que_mi_mama.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Esa peluquera me corta el pelo peor que mi mam\u00e1. (<em>That hairdresser cuts my hair worse than my mother.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNouns are compared in the same way:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s<\/strong> + (<em>noun<\/em>) + <strong>que\r\nmenos<\/strong> + (<em>noun<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><\/p>\r\nEjemplos:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/rita_moreno_tiene_mas_premios_que_sofia_vergara.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Rita Moreno tiene m\u00e1s premios que Sof\u00eda Vergara. (<em>Rita Moreno has more awards than Sofia Vergara.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/la_enfermera_estudia_menos_anos_que_la_medica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>La enfermera estudia menos a\u00f1os que la m\u00e9dica. (<em>The nurse studies for fewer years than the doctor<\/em>.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFor inequality with verbs, be sure to switch the order of the words, as below:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">verbo + <strong>m\u00e1s que<\/strong>\r\nverbo + <strong>menos que<\/strong><\/p>\r\nEjemplos:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/ella_camina_mas_que_yo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ella camina m\u00e1s que yo. (<em>She walks more than I do<\/em>.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/la_secretaria_cobra_menos_que_la_abogada.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>La secretaria cobra menos que la abogada. (<em>The secretary charges less than the lawyer.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWhen we compare nouns with numbers, using the number as a reference point for the more or less statement, we switch the \"que\" to \"de\".\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s de<\/strong> + n\u00famero\r\n<strong>menos de<\/strong> + n\u00famero<\/p>\r\nEjemplos:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/cristiano_ronaldo_debe_tener_mas_de_10000_zapatos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Cristiano Ronaldo debe tener m\u00e1s de 10.000 zapatos. (<em>Cristiano Ronaldo should have more than 10,000 shoes.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/no_puedo_comprarlo_tengo_menos_de_10_dolares.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>No puedo comprarlo, tengo menos de 10 d\u00f3lares. (<em>I can\u2019t buy it, I have less than 10 dollars.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<p>Compare two things using comparative expressions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Comparaciones de igualdad<\/h4>\n<p>What grammatical structures do we use to compare two people or things that have equal or similar qualities? In English we use the formula &#8220;as&#8221; + adjective\/adverb + &#8220;as.&#8221; Here are the formula and some examples in Spanish:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tan<\/strong> + (adjetivo\/adverbio) + <strong>como<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2495\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2495\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2495\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/10050617\/espana-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From an ad campaign for Spain: &#8220;Espa\u00f1a: Tan singular como plural&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/un_enfermero_es_tan_importante_como_un_medico.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Un enfermero es tan importante como un m\u00e9dico. (<em>A nurse is as important as a doctor.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/gina_rodriguez_actua_tan_bien_como_america_ferrera.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Gina Rodr\u00edguez act\u00faa tan bien como America Ferrera. (<em>Gina Rodriguez acts just as well as America Ferrera.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spanish and English follow a similar pattern for adjectives and adverbs but comparing nouns is different. The formula is similar, but now instead of \u201ctan\u201d we use the word &#8220;tanto&#8221;. &#8220;Tanto&#8221; is functioning as an adjective and as we learned in Unidad 2, adjectives need to agree in gender and in number with the nouns that they modify. Therefore, the formula is as follows:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>tanto<\/strong> +<\/td>\n<td>(masculine singular noun) +<\/td>\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>tanta<\/strong> +<\/td>\n<td>(feminine singular noun) +<\/td>\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>tantos<\/strong> +<\/td>\n<td>(masculine plural noun) +<\/td>\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>tantas<\/strong> +<\/td>\n<td>(feminine plural noun) +<\/td>\n<td><strong>como<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_musico_tiene_tantos_instrumentos_como_el_cantante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El m\u00fasico tiene tantos instrumentos como el cantante. (<em>The musician has as many instruments as the singer<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_ingeniero_tiene_tantas_maquinas_como_el_mecanico.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El ingeniero tiene tantas m\u00e1quinas como el mec\u00e1nico. (<em>The engineer has as many machines as the mechanic<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/el_trabajador_social_tiene_tanta_paciencia_como_el_psicologo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El trabajador social tiene tanta paciencia como el psic\u00f3logo. (<em>The social worker has as much patience as the psychologist.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To compare two actions, the structure is simply:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">(Verbo) + <strong>tanto como<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/yo_corro_tanto_como_un_futbolista.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo corro tanto como un futbolista. (<em>I run as much as a soccer player.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/los_bomberos_se_sientan_a_esperar_tanto_como_apagan_incendios.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los bomberos se sientan a esperar tanto como apagan incendios. (<em>Firefighters sit around waiting as much as they fight fires.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Comparaciones de desigualdad<\/h4>\n<p>In English, we typically add &#8220;-er&#8221; to an adjective and combine it with the word &#8220;than&#8221; to make unequal comparisons between two items. But if we have an adjective with more than two syllables in English we have to add \u201cmore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is similar to Spanish where you always add \u201cm\u00e1s\u201d (<em>more<\/em>) in front of the adjective, the quality that is the point of comparison. However, we do not need to limit ourselves to saying \u201cm\u00e1s\u201d, we can also use \u201cmenos\u201d. And instead of &#8220;than&#8221; we&#8217;ll use &#8220;que&#8221;. <strong>\u00a1Ojo!<\/strong> There\u2019s no accent mark on \u201cque\u201d in comparisons, these are not questions. Therefore, the formula for comparisons of inequality is as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s<\/strong> + (<em>adjective<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>menos<\/strong> + (<em>adjective<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always, there are no hard-and-fast grammar rules: there are some irregular adjectives when making comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>joven:\u00a0<strong>menor<\/strong> (<em>younger<\/em>)<br \/>\nviejo:\u00a0<strong>mayor<\/strong> (<em>older<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Ejemplos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/eva_longoria_es_mas_baja_que_jennifer_lopez.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Eva Longoria es m\u00e1s baja que Jennifer Lopez. (<em>Eva Longoria is shorter than Jennifer Lopez.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/camila_cabello_es_menor_que_mi_hermano_menor.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Camila Cabello es menor que mi hermano menor. (<em>Camila Cabello is younger than my younger brother<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The same formula works for adverbs as well in comparisons of inequality:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s<\/strong> + (<em>adverb<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>menos<\/strong> + (<em>adverb<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And of course, there are some &#8220;irregular&#8221; adverbs when making comparisons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">bien:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>mejor<\/strong> (<em>better<\/em>)<br \/>\nmal:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>peor<\/strong> (<em>worse<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Ejemplos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/yo_ahorro_dinero_mas_lentamente_que_mi_hermana.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo ahorro dinero m\u00e1s lentamente que mi hermana. (<em>I save money slower than my sister.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/esa_peluquera_me_corta_el_pelo_peor_que_mi_mama.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Esa peluquera me corta el pelo peor que mi mam\u00e1. (<em>That hairdresser cuts my hair worse than my mother.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nouns are compared in the same way:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s<\/strong> + (<em>noun<\/em>) + <strong>que<br \/>\nmenos<\/strong> + (<em>noun<\/em>) + <strong>que<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ejemplos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/rita_moreno_tiene_mas_premios_que_sofia_vergara.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Rita Moreno tiene m\u00e1s premios que Sof\u00eda Vergara. (<em>Rita Moreno has more awards than Sofia Vergara.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/la_enfermera_estudia_menos_anos_que_la_medica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>La enfermera estudia menos a\u00f1os que la m\u00e9dica. (<em>The nurse studies for fewer years than the doctor<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For inequality with verbs, be sure to switch the order of the words, as below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">verbo + <strong>m\u00e1s que<\/strong><br \/>\nverbo + <strong>menos que<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ejemplos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/ella_camina_mas_que_yo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ella camina m\u00e1s que yo. (<em>She walks more than I do<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/la_secretaria_cobra_menos_que_la_abogada.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>La secretaria cobra menos que la abogada. (<em>The secretary charges less than the lawyer.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we compare nouns with numbers, using the number as a reference point for the more or less statement, we switch the &#8220;que&#8221; to &#8220;de&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>m\u00e1s de<\/strong> + n\u00famero<br \/>\n<strong>menos de<\/strong> + n\u00famero<\/p>\n<p>Ejemplos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/cristiano_ronaldo_debe_tener_mas_de_10000_zapatos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Cristiano Ronaldo debe tener m\u00e1s de 10.000 zapatos. (<em>Cristiano Ronaldo should have more than 10,000 shoes.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U20\/no_puedo_comprarlo_tengo_menos_de_10_dolares.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>No puedo comprarlo, tengo menos de 10 d\u00f3lares. 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