Comparing and describing how (podobnie jak, w porównaniu z, jak najszybciej)

Similar and different

podobny — similar — with do + Genitive: podobny do ojca (like his father); podobni do siebie (alike). The adverb gives podobnie jak — just like, similarly to.

The twins are very much alike.
Bliźniacy są do siebie bardzo podobni.

w porównaniu z + Instrumental — compared with.

Compared with her brother she is tall.
W porównaniu z bratem ona jest wysoka.

w przeciwieństwie do + Genitive — unlike, in contrast to.

Unlike his sister, he doesn't like sport.
W przeciwieństwie do siostry on nie lubi sportu.

How something is done

w ten sposób — in this way, like this — you have seen sposób in the conversation-words lesson; this is its most common frame.

As … as possible

jak + superlative — as … as possible: jak najszybciej (as quickly as possible), jak najlepiej (as well as possible), jak najwięcej (as much as possible). Take the superlative you learned with naj- and put jak in front.

Come home as quickly as possible.
Wróć do domu jak najszybciej.

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