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L'acrobate sur le câble travaille plus dangereusement que toi.

L'acrobate sur le câble travaille plus dangereusement que toi.
The acrobat on the wire works more dangerously than you.
From Lesson 120:Comparative adverbs (plus... que)·French

Questions & Answers about L'acrobate sur le câble travaille plus dangereusement que toi.

How does the comparison work in this sentence?
To compare how an action is done, we use plus (more), moins (less), or aussi (as) followed by an adverb and que (than/as). Here, it is plus + the adverb dangereusement + que to mean more dangerously than.
Why is it que toi instead of que tu?
After que in a comparison, you must use a stressed pronoun like moi, toi, lui, or elle. You cannot use a subject pronoun like je or tu at the end of this sentence.
How is the adverb dangereusement formed?
In French, adverbs are usually formed by taking the feminine form of an adjective and adding -ment. The masculine adjective for dangerous is dangereux, its feminine form is dangereuse, so the adverb becomes dangereusement.
Is acrobate a masculine or feminine noun here?
Acrobate is a word that can be either masculine or feminine depending on who you are talking about. Because it starts with a vowel, it always uses l' in the singular, so we cannot tell the gender just by looking at this specific sentence.

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