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Comparatives
how to form particular comparatives
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Language - Italian
Undergraduate 2
05/03/2011

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Term
my car is as old as Bob's
Definition

cosi... come

 

la mia macchina e (cosi) vecchia come quella di Bob

Term
my husband cooks as often as I do
Definition

tanto... quanto

 

mio marito fa da mangiare (tanto) spesso quanto me

Term

to compare verbs

 

they spent as much as we did

Definition

tanto... quanto

 

hanno speso (tanto) quanto noi.

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Stefano is moodier than Luisa
Definition

stefano e piu lunatico di Luisa

 

*piu/meno before nouns --> "di"

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golf is less tiring than basketball
Definition

il golf e meno faticoso della pallacanestro

 

*piu/meno before nouns --> "di"

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your cell phone is smaller than mine
Definition

il tuo cellulare e piu piccolo del mio

 

*piu/meno before pronouns --> "di"

Term
Grazia spends less time in the library than I (do).
Definition

Grazia passa meno tempo di me in biblioteca.

 

*piu/meno before pronoun --> "di"

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this suit is more elegant than that one.
Definition

questo abito e piu elegante di quello

 

*piu/meno before pronoun --> "di"

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it costs more than $100
Definition

costa piu di cento dollari

 

*piu/meno before numbers --> "di"

Term
fewer than twenty people came to the lecture
Definition

meno di venti persone sono venute alla conferenza

 

*piu/meno before numbers --> "di"

Term
in my opinion, skating is more difficult than skiing
Definition

secondo me, e piu difficile pattinare che sciare

 

*piu/meno before infinitives --> "che"

Term
there are more bookstores in Cambridge than in Berkley
Definition

ci sono piu librerie a Cambridge che a Berkley

 

*piu/meno before prepositions --> "che"

Term
he's more hard-working than intelligent
Definition

e piu volonteroso chi intelligente

 

*piu/meno, when comparing 2 qualities of same thing --> "che"

Term
i have fewer DVDs than CDs
Definition

ho meno DVD che compact disc

 

*piu/meno, in direct comparison of two nouns --> "che"

Term
you must apply yourself more
Definition

devi applicarti di piu

 

*no second term of comparison --> "di piu/meno"

Term
he said he would spend less
Definition

dice che avrebbe spesso di meno

 

*no second term of comparison --> "di piu/meno"

Term
that boy is more shrewd than you think
Definition

quello ragazzo e piu furbo di quel che credi

quello ragazzo e piu furbo di quanto credi

quello ragazzo e piu furbo di quanto tu creda

 

*"than" before a conjugated verb --> di quel(lo) che o di quanto

Term
they did less than I thought
Definition

hanno fatto meno di quel che immaginavo (indic.)

hanno fatto meno di quanto immaginavo (indic.)

hanno fatto meno di quanto io immaginassi (subj.)

 

*"than" before a conjugated verb --> "di quel(lo) che" o "di quanto"

Term
i need as much sugar as flour
Definition

mi serve tanto zucchero quanta farina

 

*comparing nouns --> tanto... quanto

Term
we got as many cards as we sent out
Definition

abbiamo ricevuto tanti biglietti qanti ne abbiamo spediti

 

*comparing nouns --> tanto... quanto (agree with noun in gender and number)

Term
they spent as much as we did
Definition

hanno spesso (tanto) quanto noi

 

*comparing verbs --> tanto... quanto

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