Completeu peper
Instruction: Compare the following well-formed translations with grammatically incorrect sentences (indicated with an asterisk at
the beginning) and note any patterns you recognize:
English
Right
Wrong
You are prettier than she is.
Tú eres más bonita que ella.
*Tú eres que bonita más ella.
Juan talks slower than Paco.
Juan habla más despacio que Paco.
Juan habla más despacio al Paco.
You guys walk less than they do. Vosotros camináis menos que ellas.
*Vosotros caminais menos de ellas.
Holly talks as humbly as Jason
does.
Holly habla tan humildemente como
Jason
Holly habla como humildemente tan
Jason
Tim eats as mucas Dave does. Tim come tanto como Dave.
*Tim come como tanto Dave.
In Spanish, the -IR verbs (like vivir [to live]) follow their own pattern. In order to make a verb agree with the subject of the sentence, it must be conjugated.
