Summary p246

246 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

1«. COMPAR1SON

1. Rcgular comparison

facil		easy
mais facil		easier
menos facil		less easy
o mais fócil		the easier, the easiest
o menos facil		the less easy, the least
		easy
2. Irregular comparison
bom	good	melhor	better, best
mau	bad	piór	worse, worst
ruim	bad	piór	worse, worst
muito	much	mais	morę, most
pouco	little	menos	less, least
grandę	big,large	major	bigger,
			biggest
peąueno	smali	menor	smaller,

smallest melhor    better, best

piór    worse, worst

This book is good but the other is better.

3, “Morę (less) . . . than . , f—mais (menos) . .. que . . .

O portuguis e mais fdcił Portuguese is easier than que o irtgłśs.    English.

Ele i mais inteligente He is morę intelligent do que parece.    than he looks.

bem    well

mai    badly

Esie livro e bom mas o outro 4 melhor.

4. “As . . . as . . ” = tao. . . ąuanto. . .

a.    before an adjective or adverb:

Tao fdcil ąuanto... As easy as ...

Ela fala portugues tao    She speaks Portuguese

bem ąuanto ele.    as well as he does.

b.    before a noun the proper form of tanto is used:

This theatre does not have as many entrances as that one.

Este teatro nao tem tantas entradas ąuanto aąuile.

5. Before numerals mais de and menos de are used:

£les tem mais de duzentas vacas.

They have morę than two hundred cows.

6. An adjective may be quatified as to degree with a modifying word:

She is tired.

She is very tired.

Ela esta cansada.

Ela estd muito cansada.

The meaning “very” is also given by adding the proper form of issimo to a word (this cannot always be done):

Ela estd cansadissima. She is veiy tired.

Estamos cansadissimos. We are very tired.