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Title: Making Comparisons in Spanish Sp. 3 (H) c.4


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Making Comparisons in SpanishSp. 3 (H) c.4
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Comparisons of Equality
1. Tan adjective/adverb como El libro es tan
grande como el otro. 2. Tanto/a/os/as noun
como Tengo tanto dinero como Bill Gates. (tanto
como means as much as and does not show
agreement) Nadie habla tanto como ella. Nobody
talks as much as she does.
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Intensifiers
1. Tan adjective Ella es tan cariñosa. 2.
Adjective ísimo/a/os/as Ella es bellísima. If
ísimo is added to a word ending In a vowel
drop the last vowel In a Z change to a C In a
CO change to a QU In a GO change to a GU
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Comparisons of Inequality
1. más adjective/adverb/noun que El libro es
más grande que el otro. 2. menos
adj./adv./noun que Soy menos alto que Tom
Seleck. The word DE is used instead of que in
front of numbers. ieHay más de dos kilometros
aquí. In Spanish comparisons negatives are used
after the que as opposed to affirmatives that are
used in English. Necesitamos justicia ahora más
que nunca.
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Superlatives of Inequality
Used in comparing three or more
things Adjective Comparative
Superlative alto más alto que el más alto
de bueno mejor que el mejor de The
word DE is used after superlatives as compared to
the QUE after comparatives.
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Comparisons of Inequality Irregulars
Adjectives Comparatives bueno mejor
malo peor viejo mayor
joven menor
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Superlatives of Inequality
The definite article is not used with superlative
adverbs. Paco nos escribe más a menudo Paco
writes us most often. The neuter LO precedes a
superlative adverb followed by a phrase
expressing possibility. lo más / menos
adverb posible / que poder Te llamaré lo más
pronto posible. I will call you as soon as
possible.
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