{"id":725,"date":"2015-09-28T20:17:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T20:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/spanish1oli\/?post_type=chapter&p=725"},"modified":"2015-11-01T00:55:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T00:55:15","slug":"estructuras-gramaticales-comparaciones-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/chapter\/estructuras-gramaticales-comparaciones-1\/","title":{"raw":"Comparaciones","rendered":"Comparaciones"},"content":{"raw":" \r\n\r\nIn Spanish, there are a few different ways to make comparisons. The way you choose will depend both on exactly the type of comparison you want to make (if you want to say something is bigger than as opposed to as big as...), and what you are trying to compare. Let\u2019s consider the different ways to make comparisons in Spanish. First, we will see how to use the expressions \"more\" or \"less\" than, when comparing two things or persons. You may use these expressions with either qualities or with objects and things . These expressions follow a pattern, which you will see below.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
m\u00e1s\/menos +<\/th>\r\nnoun +<\/th>\r\nque<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Juan tiene m\u00e1s<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\nlibros<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> Pablo.<\/span> \"drawing,<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Miguel tiene menos<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\ndinero<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> Ricardo.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Pedro toma m\u00e1s<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\nclases<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> Samuel.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
m\u00e1s\/menos +<\/th>\r\nadjective +<\/th>\r\nque<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Vicente es m\u00e1s<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\nalto<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> Sergio.<\/span> \"a\r\n
<\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Concepci\u00f3n es m\u00e1s<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\nlinda<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> Mar\u00eda.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play V\u00edctor es menos<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\ninteligente<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> Sandra.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Marisol es m\u00e1s<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\nt\u00edmida<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> su hermana.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Mi carro es menos<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\nruidoso<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> tu carro.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play La casa de Elena es m\u00e1s<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\ngrande<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\nque<\/b> mi casa.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Madrid es m\u00e1s<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\ndivertida<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n\n\nque<\/b> Barcelona.<\/span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"100\"]\"photo Foto: Zsolt Bugarszki CC BY-NC 2.0[\/caption]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nThere are a couple of exceptions to the above formulas. If you want to say that something is better or worse than something else, you will use mejor que<\/span> or peor que<\/span>. If you want to say that someone is older or younger than someone else, you will use mayor que<\/span> or menor que<\/span>. Take a look at the examples to see how these expressions are used.\r\n