Comparisons- Comparisons of Inequality (more or less)

SPANISH
más = more
menos = less

  1. Qualitative comparisons with más
    • más (noun) que
    • más (adjective) que
    • más (adverb) que


  2. Qualitative comparisons with menos
    • menos (noun) que
    • menos (adjective) que
    • menos (adverb) que


  3. Quantitative comparisons with más
      más de (number)


  4. Qualitative comparisons with menos
      menos de (number)


  5. In a few instances the más or menos is not used. Often a sentence with one of these words below will have que (than) later in the sentence to show who or what the first object is to be compared against.
    • mejor (better)
    • peor (worse)
    • mayor (older) or (greater)
    • menor (younger) or (lesser)

FRENCH

  • plus ... que
    (more ... than)
  • moins ... que
    (less ... than)

    Neuf sont plus que sept.
    Nine is more than seven.

    Sept sont moins que neuf.
    Seven is less than nine.

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    GERMAN

    German is similar to English in that a comparative may add -er to the adjective (high, higher), or the comparative may be a different word (good, better).

    gut (good)
    besser (better)

    hoch (high)
    höher (higher