Environmental impact
Let's look at some vocabulary for talking about the environment and pollution.
| The factory produces pollution. | L'usine produit de la pollution. |
| Cars pollute the city's air. | Les voitures polluent l'air de la ville. |
Comparing quantities
To compare quantities of nouns, use plus de (more), moins de (less/fewer), or autant de (as much/as many) before the noun. To complete the comparison with "than" or "as", use que.
| Cars produce more pollution than bikes. | Les voitures produisent plus de pollution que les vélos. |
English distinguishes between "less" for uncountable nouns (like pollution) and "fewer" for countable ones (like factories). French simply uses moins de for both.
| To save the environment, there is less pollution in the air than yesterday. | Pour sauver l'environnement, il y a moins de pollution dans l'air qu'hier. |
| The student uses less paper and protects the environment. | L'étudiant utilise moins de papier et protège l'environnement. |
When comparing adjectives, we use aussi (as). But when comparing quantities of nouns, always use autant de.
| Do you recycle as much plastic as me? | Est-ce que tu recycles autant de plastique que moi ? |
Just like with other expressions of quantity, de drops its e and becomes d' before a vowel sound.
| The city has as many factories as the region. | La ville a autant d'usines que la région. |
Saving the earth
We can use these comparisons to talk about waste (les déchets) and saving (sauver) the earth (la terre).
| There is more waste on the beach than in the park. | Il y a plus de déchets sur la plage que dans le parc. |
| We recycle more waste than you to save the earth. | Nous recyclons plus de déchets que vous pour sauver la terre. |
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