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):
*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! MuchÃsimas 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
This video is very helpful and I especially like all of the practice; however, it was impossible to read the responses/answers because the name of the video, 01 Spanish Lesson Unequal Comparisons, superimposed over the responses.