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La signora è molto più elegante di me.

La signora è molto più elegante di me.
The lady is much more elegant than me.
From Lesson 67:Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)·Italian

Questions & Answers about La signora è molto più elegante di me.

Why do we use di to mean "than" in this sentence?
When comparing two people, things, or pronouns using an adjective (like elegante), Italian uses più ... di for "more ... than". Here, we are comparing the lady (la signora) and me (me).
Why is it di me and not di io?
Because di is a preposition. Whenever a pronoun comes immediately after a preposition in Italian, you must use a "stressed" pronoun. For the "I" form, io changes to me.
Does molto change its ending to match the feminine la signora?
No. In this sentence, molto is an adverb meaning "much" (creating the phrase molto più, "much more"). When used as an adverb, molto never changes its ending; it always stays exactly like that.
Why doesn't elegante end in "-a" if we are talking about a woman?
Adjectives that end in "-e" in their standard dictionary form are identical for both masculine and feminine nouns. Whether you are talking about la signora (the lady) or il signore (the gentleman), the word remains elegante.

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