8.8.6
Comparative
Comparing Adjectives
Comparing Adjectives
To compare adjectives in French, rather than say 'small', 'smaller', 'smallest, you say 'more', 'less' or 'as'.


Plus - more
Plus - more
- Alex est plus grande que Sam.
- Alex is taller than Sam.
- Nick est plus rapide que lui.
- Theo is quicker than him.
- Flora est plus intelligente que Samantha.
- Flora is more intelligent than Samantha.


Moins - less
Moins - less
- Theo est moins rapide que moi.
- Theo is less quick than me.
- Mon frère est moins grande que moi.
- My brother is less tall than me.
- Je suis moins intelligent que lui.
- I am less intelligent than him.


Aussi - as
Aussi - as
- Bella est aussi belle que Lucy.
- Bella is as beautiful as Lucy.
- Je suis aussi intelligent que toi.
- I am as intelligent as you.
- Tu es aussi vite que lui.
- You are as quick as him.
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1.1Town & Rural Life
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2Education & Employment
2.1School Life & Routine
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3Personal Life & Relationships
3.1House & Home
3.2Daily Routine & Helping at Home
4The World Around Us
4.1Global Issues
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4.3Travel & Transport
4.5Information & Tech
5Social Activities, Fitness & Health
5.1Special Occasions
5.2Hobbies & Interests
5.3Numbers
5.4Shopping & Money
5.5Illness & Health
5.6Food & Drink
6Common Tenses
6.1Present Tense
6.1.1Regular ER Verbs
6.1.2Regular IR Verbs
6.1.3Regular RE Verbs
6.1.4Reflexive Verbs
6.1.5Irregular ER Verbs (1/2)
6.1.6Irregular ER Verbs (2/2)
6.1.7Irregular IR Verbs (1/2)
6.1.8Irregular IR Verbs (2/2)
6.1.9Irregular RE Verbs (1/3)
6.1.10Irregular RE Verbs (2/3)
6.1.11Irregular RE Verbs (3/3)
6.1.12Present Participle (1/2)
6.1.13Present Participle (2/2)
6.1.14Irregular Present Participles
6.1.15Avoir & Etre
6.2Perfect Tense
6.3Imperfect tense
6.4Imperfect vs Perfect
7Advanced Tenses
7.1Conditional Tense
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8.1The Passive Voice
8.2Pronouns
8.3Asking Questions
8.4Nouns
8.7Quantifiers & Intensifiers
8.8Adjectives
8.9Negative
8.10Conjunctions
8.11Miscellaneous
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