quam

than

Usages of quam

• Imperator scit: “Pax est melior quam bellum.”: (The emperor knows: “Peace is better than war.”)
• Magister in horto laetior est quam in villa.: The teacher is happier in the garden than in the house.
• Nunc mater laboriosior est quam pater, nam tota domus cura eius est et tamen gaudet.: Now mother is more hardworking than father, for the whole house is her responsibility and yet she rejoices.
• Imperator certe scit pacem meliorem esse quam bellum.: The emperor certainly knows that peace is better than war.
• Puer cum amico suo laetior est quam solus.: The boy is happier with his friend than alone.
• Discipuli dicunt nihil facilius esse quam menda corrigere, si exemplum optimum ante oculos habent.: The students say that nothing is easier than correcting mistakes, if they have the best example before their eyes.
• Pater dicit pacem servare melius esse quam bellum timere.: Father says that preserving peace is better than fearing war.
• Hic titulus brevior est quam ille.: This title is shorter than that one.
• Sol hodie clarior est quam heri.: The sun is brighter today than yesterday.
• Haec sententia difficilior est quam illa.: This sentence is more difficult than that one.
• Haec res facilis videtur, sed difficilior est quam illa.: This thing seems easy, but it is more difficult than that one.
• Haec epistula longior est quam illa.: This letter is longer than that one.
• Haec epistula mihi gratior est quam illud munus.: This letter is more pleasing to me than that gift.
• Haec imago pulchrior est quam illa.: This picture is more beautiful than that one.
• Imago reginae in atrio pulchrior est quam imago regis.: The image of the queen in the atrium is more beautiful than the image of the king.
• Frater studiosior est quam soror, sed soror diligentius versus repetit.: The brother is more studious than the sister, but the sister repeats the verses more carefully.
• Lucia studiosior est quam Marcus, sed Marcus celerius scribit.: Lucia is more studious than Marcus, but Marcus writes more quickly.
• Lucia menda diligentius quam Marcus corrigit.: Lucia corrects mistakes more carefully than Marcus.
• Quamquam plaustrum tardius it quam equus currit, mater dicit id utilius esse ad frumentum portandum.: Although the wagon goes more slowly than a horse runs, mother says that it is more useful for carrying grain.
• Haec arbor altior est quam illa.: This tree is taller than that one.
• Avia per scalas tardius descendit quam puer.: Grandmother comes down the stairs more slowly than the boy.
• Hoc consilium utilius est quam illud.: This advice is more useful than that.
• Pater dicit bonam voluntatem meliorem esse quam vim.: Father says that good will is better than force.
• Mater dicit se magis confidere filiae quam filio, quia illa veritatem sine mora fatetur.: Mother says that she trusts her daughter more than her son, because she confesses the truth without delay.
• Hodie magis quam heri laboro.: Today I work more than yesterday.
• Pater dicit formam huius conchae pulchriorem esse quam illius.: Father says that the shape of this shell is more beautiful than that of that one.
• Lucia hodie plus quam Marcus legit.: Lucia reads more than Marcus today.

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