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Comparative Sentences by Bruce Sallee and David Hebert

To compare two things or persons in French, use the following construction:

plus (more)

moins (less) + adjective + que

aussi (as)

<tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>Il est plus gros que toi</emphasis>.</p></td> <td><p>He is fatter than you.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>Le film est moins intéressant que le livre</emphasis>.</p></td> <td><p>The film is less interesting than the book.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>Vous êtes aussi intelligent que lui</emphasis>.</p></td> <td><p>You are as intelligent as he is.</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <p>The adjective always agrees with the noun or pronoun. remember to use disjunctive pronouns after <emphasis>que</emphasis>. 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