Word
Этот дом такой же большой, как тот.
Meaning
This house is as big as that one.
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Questions & Answers about Этот дом такой же большой, как тот.
How is the structure with такой же ... как ... built in this sentence?
It’s the standard equality-of-degree pattern:
- такой же
- adjective (agreeing with the noun) + comma + как
- the thing you compare with (usually nominative). Here: Этот дом (subject) такой же большой (predicate) , как тот (comparison target).
- adjective (agreeing with the noun) + comma + как
Why is there a comma before как?
In the correlative comparative pattern такой же ... , как ..., the part after как is treated as a comparative clause and is separated by a comma: большой, как тот. This is the norm. You’ll often also see как и after the comma: ..., как и тот. Writing it without the comma in this pattern is generally considered a mistake.
Can I add и after как (i.e., как и тот)?
Yes. Both are correct:
- ... большой, как тот (neutral)
- ... большой, как и тот (slight emphasis on inclusion: “just like that one too”)
Why is как used here and not чем?