Comparisons 1 item to 1 item

Comparative Structure Item 1 + est+ plus/moins+ adj + que + item 2 OR items 1 + sont + plus/ moins+ adj (s) + que + item 2

Ways to change the ‘item 1’ and ‘item 2’ We learned yesterday how to use the genitive (’s) Le/la + item +de + person La tarte de Jean La pizza de Marie This will count as our item 1 or two

Here is our example: Mike’s lake is bigger than Joe’s. Following the formula, we’d say Le lac de Mike est plus grand que le lac de Joe. But we repeated le lac! How do we get around that?

Possessive Pronouns Cross off the second one and replace it with: le = celui la = celle les (le)= Ceux les (la)= celles

So, Le lac de Mike est plus grand que le lac de Joe Cross off the second le lac and replace with celui Le lac de Mike est plus grand que celui de Joe. Why celui? Because lac is a le word.

Additional examples La tarte de Marie est plus délicieuse que celle de Henri. Why celle? we’re replacing the word ‘la tarte.’ It’s a la word Les anoraks (le) sont plus jaunes que ceux de David. Why ceux? We’re replacing le anorak. It’s more than one le word.

Additional shortcuts: Plus bon= mieux = better plus mal = pire = worse

What if my car is better than joes car? We mentioned the item twice, but we used 'my'

Possessive adjectives These mean my, your, his, hers, its, ours, theirs After each, you KEEP the word

My Mon (le) Ma (la) Mes (les)

Your Ton (le) Ta (la) Tes (les)

His, her, its Son (le) Sa (la) Ses (les)

Our Notre Nos

Your Votre Vos

Their Leur Leurs

For example, our house is better than joes La Maison - house Notre maison est mieux que celle de Joe.

Let’s try a few of these out

My sunscreen

Her lake

Our gum

Their watergun

Your (pl) backpack

His rules

Your (sing) beach

Our Lake

Their suitcases

His sunscreen

My basketball