1. MAKING COMPARISONS…

2. CALENTAMIENTO My black bed is next to my white nightstand.
The windows are on the blue wall.
My alarm clock is to the right of the lamp.
The rug is beneath the bed in my room.
My clothes are in my yellow closet.

3. MAKING COMPARISONS…
In English, we use “-er” when making comparisons of two objects
Ex: This watch is cheaper than a CD.
In Spanish, “-er” does not exist. Instead we use the constructions:
More than… (bigger, spicier, stronger)
Less than… (smaller, cheaper, etc.)

4. En español… MÁS ________ QUE: more _____ than
La cama negra es más grande que la cama blanca.
MENOS ________ QUE: less ______ than
El dormitorio de Paco es menos formal que el dormitorio de Ricardo.
TAN _________ COMO: as _______ as
El escritorio de Sr. Berkes es tan barato como el escritorio de Sra. Canga.

5. ADJETIVOS Remember, adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify:
BARATO/A/OS/AS= CHEAP
CARO/A/OS/AS= EXPENSIVE
BONITO/A/OS/AS= PRETTY
FEO/A/OS/AS= UGLY
CÓMODO/A/OS/AS= COMFORTABLE
INTERESANTE/S= INTERESTING
FORMAL/ES*= FORMAL
PEQUEÑO/A/OS/AS= SMALL
PROPIO/A/OS/AS= OWN
MISMO/A/OS/AS= SAME
CORTO/A/OS/AS= SHORT
LARGO/A/OS/AS= LONG

6. BONITO/FEO

7. CARO/BARATO

8. GRANDE/PEQUEÑO

9. BONITO/INTERESANTE

10. GUAPO/FORMAL

11. EXCEPTIONS….
There are FOUR exceptions to the rule of comparisons in Spanish.
For example, in English we do not say something is “gooder” than something else.
These four exceptions deal with the words meaning: GOOD, BAD, OLD & YOUNG
ENGLISH
ORIGINAL WORD IN SPANISH
COMPARISON WORD
GOOD
BUENO/BIEN
MEJOR
BAD
MALO/MAL
PEOR
OLD
VIEJO
MAYOR
YOUNG
JOVEN
MENOR

12. En español… The hamburger is better than the pizza.
La hamburguesa es mejor que la pizza.
The bed is worse than the chair.
La cama es peor que la silla.
Hillary Clinton is older than Megan Fox.
Hillary Clinton es mayor que Megan Fox.
Taylor Swift is younger than Rihanna.
Taylor Swift es menor que Rihanna.

13. MAYOR/MENOR