Breakdown of Je vais chez lui pour voir une console plus moderne que son ordinateur.
je
I
un
a / an (masculine)
l'ordinateur
the computer (m)
pour
for
lui
him / to him / to her (indirect object)
chez
at the home of / at
moderne
modern
voir
to see
son
his/her/its (son, sa, ses)
aller
to go
plus
more
la console
the console
que
than (in comparisons)
Questions & Answers about Je vais chez lui pour voir une console plus moderne que son ordinateur.
Why does it say une console plus moderne instead of une plus moderne console?
In French, most adjectives go after the noun they describe. When you make these adjectives comparative by adding plus (more), moins (less), or aussi (as), the whole comparative phrase stays after the noun. So, 'a more modern console' translates as une console plus moderne.
How do we say 'than' in this comparison?
You use the word que. When making a comparison, the structure is plus [adjective] que, which means 'more [adjective] than'. Here, plus moderne que means 'more modern than'.
Why use chez lui to say 'to his place'?
Why is it pour voir and not just voir?
When you want to say 'in order to' do an action, French uses pour followed by an infinitive verb (the unconjugated form). Here, pour voir means 'in order to see' or simply 'to see'.
Does son ordinateur use son because it belongs to a man?
Not exactly! Possessive adjectives like son match the gender of the object being owned, not the owner. Since ordinateur is a masculine noun, it always takes son, even if the computer belonged to a woman.
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