COMPARISONS WITH AS...AS

Comparativos con as...as


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Para decir que dos cosas son iguales, usamos la estructura “as … as” que en español traduce en “tan … como”, y para decir que no son equales simplemente ponemos la negación “not”. O sea, “not as … as”.


Hay 4 formas:

A) con un verbo:  as + verbo + as

• I don’t eat as much as you. - No como tanto como tu.

B) con un adjectivo:  as + adjetivo + as   

• Mary is as tall as Jane. - Mary es tan alto como Jane.
• New York is not as old as London. - Nueva York no es tan vieja como Londres.

C) con un adverbio: as + adverbio + as

• He writes as carefully as the others. -  El escribe tanto cuidado como los demás.
• He doesn't drive as slowly as me. - El no conduce tan lentamente / despacio como yo

D) as + many + (sustantivo contable) +as    

• There are as many people in this restaurant as the other. - Hay tanta gente en este restaurante como la otra.
• You don't have as many friends as me. - No tienes tantos amigos como yo.

as many as y not as many as

Mary doesn’t have as many friends as Peter. - María no tiene tantos amigos como Pedro.

as much as y not as much as

• I talk as much as you. - Hablo tanto como tu.
• I don’t have as much money as you. - No tengo tanto dinero como tu.
• I like to read / reading as much as watching TV. - A mi me gusta leer tanto como ver la TV.