01 Comparisons (part 1) – más/menos__que
Hola. In this video lesson we’re going to be learning how to compare things that are unequal! To do that, we’ll need más (more), menos (less), que (than) and a whole lot of alligators!
Enjoy!
General formulas for comparing in Spanish (click image to see larger version):
Verbs:
Vocabulario
aburrido(s)/aburrida(s) – bored, boring
alto(s) / alta(s) – tall
bajo(s) / baja(s) – short
bonito(s)/bonita(s) – pretty, beautiful
contento(s)/contenta(s) – happy
delgado(s) / delgada(s) – thin
*deportista(s) – athletic
feo(s) / fea(s) – ugly, unattractive
gordo(s) / gorda(s) – fat
grande(s) – big
gracioso(s)/graciosa(s) – silly, goofy
guapo(s) / guapa(s) – handsome, attractive
inteligente(s) – smart, intelligent
paciente(s) – patient
perezoso(s)/perezosa(s) – lazy
pobre(s) – poor
rico(s)/rica(s) – rich
serio(s)/seria(s) – serious
trabajador(es)/trabajadora(s) – hard-working
triste(s) – sad
sustantivos (nouns):
el gato – the cat
la casa – the house
la clase – class
la novia – the girlfriend
la historia – the history
la playa – the beach
las chicas – girls
los amigos – the friends
los elefantes – elephants
los ratones – mice
nosotros = we, us
otro (other):
de – of, from
nuestro(s)/nuestra(s) – our
¿qué? – what?
su(s) – his, her, your (formal), their, your (plural)
*while deportista is often used as a noun, it can be used as an adjective to describe people who are athletic / sporty
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Good work as always, and very timely, as I am now in SPA 102 and comparatives are the current assignment.
God Bless!
¡Hola Sr. Jordan! Muchísimas gracias por tus videos… me encantan! It would be awesome if you could make a video with words and phrases that go with ordering in a restaurant. And one about idioms… “sopa de tu propio chocolate”…”echar la casa por la ventana” …your work is amazing, gracias! Sra. O
Me enchante tu escribires, tu es mas embarasado de lovie tu agosto muchio!
Hello! I appreciate your videos. Could you please upload some more of them to teachertube? Youtube is blocked at my school and I am unable to use your wonderful resources for my students. Thanks so much!
Jeremy,
Love your videos! Hope you’ll compile them or write a text. I noticed a frequently made error – in English, no less.
“They are more intelligent than us.” I think it should be “They are more intelligent than we (are).”
Ed D,
Thanks for watching. I don’t think we’re going to cover any new ground in the argument of “better than (direct object: me, you, him, her, us, them)” or “better than (subject pronoun: I , you, he, she, we, they)”.
I would like to point out that use whichever one you would like.
In my understanding, “than” in this instance is a preposition and not a conjunction. Thus I am not creating an entirely different clause and use: me, you, he, she, we, they.
If I add the verb after than, then it would function as a conjunction and I would need to use the subject pronouns.
While you might still disagree with me, I appreciate your getting me to think on the matter further. 🙂
Señor Jordan, ¡me gustan tus videos! Soy un estudiante de Señora Miller, y cuando no sé el contenido, veo un video. Me ayuden en la clase de Español III mucho. ¡Muchas gracias!
-Nathan