Comparatives
Comparatives
中国比西班牙大得多
China is much bigger than Spain.
西班牙没有中国大
Spain isn’t as big as China
我的汉语不如我的西班牙语
My Chinese isn’t as good as my Spanish
西班牙不如中国大。
Spain isn’t as big as China
一辆汽车不如一列火车块
A car isn’t as fast as a train
我没有我朋友说西班牙语说的好。
I don’t speak Spanish as well as my friend does
我做饭没有妈妈做得好。
I don’t cook as well as my mother does.
H&M;衣服没有Armani贵。
H&M; clothes aren’t as expensive as Armani clothes.
H&M;衣服便宜。C&A;衣服还要便宜。
H&M; clothes are cheap. C&A; clothes are even cheaper.
西班牙菜馆比较便宜。
Spanish restaurants are relatively good.
爱尔兰音乐比较好
Irish music is relatively good.
西班牙电影比较好。
Spanish films are relatively good.
我更喜欢吃欧洲菜。
I prefer to eat European food.
Comparatives
A. Pattern: 比... 大得多
中国比西班牙大得多(/大很多)。
China is much bigger than(比) Spain.
B. 沒有比=不如; exercise: "得",indicates the results and characters, such as「跑得快」。
西班牙<em>没有</em>比中国大。
Spain isn’t as big as China.
我的汉语不如我的西班牙语來得好。
My Chinese isn’t as good as my Spanish.
西班牙不如中国來得大。
Spain isn’t as big as China.
一辆汽车不如一列火车跑得块快。
A car isn’t as fast as a train.
c. 1. nouns versus nouns: 我说的西班牙语 vs. 我朋友说的西班牙语
2. the performances compared: 我說西班牙語不如我朋友好。
3. to emphasize the other's performance, such as 我朋友說得好, 媽媽做得好, Armani賣得那麼贵, which
you are not able to compare.
我说的西班牙语<em>没有我朋友</em>说的好。(我說西班牙語不如我朋友好。)(我西班牙語沒有我朋友說得好。)
I don’t speak Spanish as well as my friend does.
我做的饭没有妈妈做得的好。(我做飯不如媽媽好。) (我飯沒有媽媽做得好。)
I don’t cook as well as my mother does.
H&M衣服没有像Armani賣得那麼贵得多。
H&M; clothes aren’t as expensive as Armani clothes.
H&M的衣服很便宜。,但C&A賣的衣服还要更為(/更是)便宜。
H&M; clothes are cheap. C&A; clothes are even cheaper.
D. There were no errors in your sentences below, but you should add some context, which would lead to more complete meanings. For example, "<em>在眾多餐館中,</em>西班牙菜馆比较便宜。" Otherwise, please refer to the latter sentences I offered.
西班牙菜馆比较便宜。(西班牙菜馆<em>相對地</em>比較優。)
Spanish restaurants are relatively good.
爱尔兰音乐比较好。(<em>相較之下</em>,爱尔兰音乐好一些。)
Irish music is relatively good.
西班牙电影比较好。(<em>相較之下</em>,西班牙电影勝出。)
Spanish films are relatively good.
我比较喜歡吃欧洲菜。
I prefer to eat European food.