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Nessun turista è tanto insoddisfatto quanto me.

Nessun turista è tanto insoddisfatto quanto me.
No tourist is as dissatisfied as me.
From Lesson 295:Negative prefixes (in-, dis-, s-)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Nessun turista è tanto insoddisfatto quanto me.

How is insoddisfatto formed, and how do I know which negative prefix to use?
It is built from the negative prefix in- plus the adjective soddisfatto (satisfied). Italian has a few negative prefixes like in-, dis-, and s-. While there is not a strict rule predicting every word, in- is the most common prefix used to directly flip the meaning of an adjective, much like 'un-' or 'in-' in English. You generally have to memorize which prefix pairs with which base word as you learn new vocabulary.
Why does turista end in -a if the words around it like nessun and insoddisfatto are masculine?
Nouns ending in -ista that refer to people (like professions or categories of people) use the exact same form for both masculine and feminine in the singular. We know this specific tourist is masculine because the adjective nessun and the ending of insoddisfatto are masculine. If it were a female tourist, the sentence would be: Nessuna turista è tanto insoddisfatta quanto me.
Could I use così... come... instead of tanto... quanto... in this sentence?
Yes! To say 'as [adjective] as' in Italian, you can use either tanto... quanto... or così... come.... They mean exactly the same thing, so Nessun turista è così insoddisfatto come me is also perfectly correct.
Why does the sentence end with me instead of io?
In comparisons using quanto or come, you must use the stressed (or 'tonic') pronouns like me and te, rather than the subject pronouns like io and tu. So it is always quanto me (as me) and never quanto io.
Why is the first word Nessun instead of Nessuno?
Nessuno drops its final -o and becomes nessun when it comes before a masculine singular noun that starts with a vowel or most single consonants. This follows the exact same pattern as the indefinite article un. Because turista starts with a single consonant, we use nessun.

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