Questions & Answers about Мой дом меньше, чем тот дом.
Russian usually drops the verb есть (the basic to be) in the present tense when it just links a subject and its description.
So instead of a literal Мой дом есть меньше, чем тот дом, Russian simply says:
- Мой дом меньше, чем тот дом.
My house is smaller than that house.
In the past or future, you do use a verb:
- Мой дом был меньше, чем тот дом. – My house was smaller than that house.
- Мой дом будет меньше, чем тот дом. – My house will be smaller than that house.