{"id":12,"date":"2019-01-23T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-01-20T05:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T05:45:49","slug":"french-comparatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"French comparatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">First, the words used to compare:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<li style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><em style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><strong style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">plus\u2026que<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>(more\u2026than\/___er than) for superior comparisons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<li style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><strong style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><em style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">moins\u2026que<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(less\u2026than) for inferior comparisons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<li style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><em style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><strong style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">aussi\u2026que<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>(as\u2026as) or&nbsp;<em style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><strong style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">autant que<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>(as much\/many as) for equal comparisons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">1\/ With adjectives\/adverbs<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">Le chat est <b>plus*<\/b>&nbsp;petit <b>que<\/b> le chien.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">The cat is smaller than the dog.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Le chat est plus petit que le chien.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa1a.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">Le chat est <b>moins<\/b> petit <b>que<\/b> le chien.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>The cat is less small than the dog.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Le chat est moins petit que le chien.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa1b.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">Le chat est <b>aussi<\/b> petit <b>que<\/b> le chien.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>The cat is as small as the dog.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Le chat est aussi petit que le chien.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa1c.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">*The &#8220;s&#8221; of &#8220;plus is <u>not pronunced<\/u> before an adjective or adverb.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">Liaison<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\">:<\/span><\/h4>\n<div>\n<h4><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;\">Liaison is the pronunciation of a latent word-final consonant immediately before a following vowel sound.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul est&nbsp;<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">plu<\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">s<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">&nbsp;\u00e9<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">l\u00e9gant&nbsp;<b>que<\/b>&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul is more elegant than Peter.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul est plus \u00e9l\u00e9gant que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa2a.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">Paul est&nbsp;<b>moin<\/b><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><b><span style=\"color: blue;\">s<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">&nbsp;\u00e9<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">l\u00e9gant<\/span>&nbsp;<b>que<\/b>&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul is less elegant than Peter.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul est moins \u00e9l\u00e9gant que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa2b.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">2\/ With nouns: &#8220;<\/span><i>de\/d<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;<\/i>&#8221; are added.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul a&nbsp;<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">plu<\/span>s<b style=\"color: #555555;\">*<\/b>&nbsp;de <\/b>livres<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">&nbsp;<b>que<\/b>&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul has more books than Peter.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul a plus de livres que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa3a.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul a&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">moin<\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><b>s<\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #4c1130;\"><b>de<\/b> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #4c1130;\">montres<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #4c1130;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">que<\/b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul has fewer watches than Peter.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul a moins de montres que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa3b.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul a <b>autant de<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">&nbsp;stylos<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">que<\/b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul has as many pens as Pete<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">r.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul a autant de stylos que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa3c.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">\u00c9lision with &#8220;<i>de<\/i>&#8220;<\/span><\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul a&nbsp;<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">plu<\/span>s d&#8217;<\/b>argent<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">&nbsp;<b>que<\/b>&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul has more money than Peter.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul a plus d'argent que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa3d.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul a&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">moin<\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><b>s<\/b>&nbsp;<b>d&#8217;<\/b>argent<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">que<\/b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul has less money than Peter.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul a mins d'argent que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa3e.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul a&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-weight: bold;\">autant d&#8217;<\/span>argent<span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">que<\/b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul has as much money as Peter.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul a autant d'argent que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa3f.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">*The &#8220;s&#8221; of &#8220;plus is <u>pronunced<\/u> before an adjective or adverb.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">3\/ With verbs<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul travaille&nbsp;<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">plu<\/span>s<b><b style=\"color: #555555;\">*<\/b><\/b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><b>que<\/b>&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul works more than Peter.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul travaille plus que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa4a.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul travaille&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">moin<\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><b>s<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">que<\/b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul works less than Peter.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul travaille moins que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa4b.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul travaille&nbsp;<b>autant <\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">que<\/b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">&nbsp;Pierre.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Paul works as much as Peter.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul travaille autant que Pierre.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa4c.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\">*The &#8220;s&#8221; of &#8220;plus is&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">pronunced<\/u><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;before an adjective or adverb.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>\u00c9lision with &#8220;<i>que<\/i>&#8221; becoming &#8220;<i>qu&#8217;<\/i>&#8220;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul travaille&nbsp;<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #555555;\">plu<\/span>s&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><b>qu&#8217;<\/b>elle.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i>Paul works more* than she does.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul travaille plus qu'elle.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa4d.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul travaille&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"color: #555555;\">moin<\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><b>s<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\"><b>qu&#8217;<\/b>elle.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i>Paul works less than she does.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul travaille moins qu'elle.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa4e.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Paul travaille&nbsp;<b>autant&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\"><b>qu&#8217;<\/b>elle.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i>Paul works as much as she does.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Paul travaille autant qu'elle.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa4f.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">When using &#8220;plus&#8221;. No change with &#8220;moins&#8221; or &#8220;aussi&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Irregular comparative:<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">bon(ne) (<\/span><i style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">good<\/i><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">)&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">meilleur(e) (<\/span><i style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot;, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">better<\/i><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">)<\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; white-space: pre;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">mauvais(e) (<i>bad<\/i>)<span style=\"white-space: pre;\"> <\/span>pire\/ plus mauvais (<i>worse<\/i>).&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;proxima_nova_rgregular&quot;;\">Cette pizza est <b>meilleure que<\/b> celle-l\u00e0.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><i>This pizza is better than this one.<\/i><\/li>\n<p><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Cette pizza est meilleure que celle-l\u00e0.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa5a.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/ul>\n<ul><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;;\">Cette pizza est&nbsp;<b>moins bonne que<\/b>&nbsp;celle-l\u00e0.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><i>This pizza is not as good as this one.<\/i><\/li>\n<p><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Cette pizza est moins bonne que celle-l\u00e0.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa5b.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/ul>\n<ul><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: &quot;pt sans&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;;\">Cette pizza est <b>aussi bonne&nbsp;que<\/b>&nbsp;celle-l\u00e0.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><i>This pizza is as good as this one.<\/i><\/li>\n<p><i><audio controls=\"controls\" title=\"Cette pizza est aussi bonne que celle-l\u00e0.\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/blog\/audio\/compa5c.m4a\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><\/i><\/span><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555; 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