Words to Compare things
Words to Compare things
- The French word for ‘like’, ‘as’ or ‘such as’ is “comme”. It helps compare similarities between items, ideas, or people.
- Utilise “aussi” to convey ‘also’ or ‘too’. For example:” Il est aussi intelligent que Marie” means “He is as intelligent as Marie.”
- The combination “plus…que” translates into ‘more…than’.
- Use “moins…que” to convey ‘less…than’.
- Echo ‘the same…as’ with “le même…que”. For example, “J’ai le même sac que toi” (I have the same bag as you).
- The word “autant que” corresponds to ‘as much as’. If you want to say “John reads as much as Peter,” you would say “John lit autant que Peter.”
- “Tant que” shows ‘as long as’. Use this when referring to doing something as long as a condition is met.
- The French term for ‘either…or’ is “soit…soit”. Use this phrase when there are two options, and one of them must be selected.
- Additionally, the French say ‘neither…nor’ as “ni…ni”. For instance: “Je ne mange ni viande ni poisson” (I eat neither meat nor fish).
- Employ “différent de” when you want to state that something is ‘different from’ something else.
- Use “semblable à” or “pareil à” to express that something is ‘similar to’ something else in French.
- The phrase “de même que” translates to ‘the same as’. It is best utilised to compare similarities or identical items or ideas.
- Finally, the French word for ‘better’ is “mieux”, whereas for ‘worse’, it is “pire”. These can be used to compare things, i.e., Il fait mieux que moi (He does better than me) or C’est pire que je pensais (It’s worse than I thought).