Word
Mój kot jest grubszy niż twój.
Meaning
My cat is fatter than yours.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Mój kot jest grubszy niż twój.
How do we form the comparative grubszy from the basic adjective?
The basic word for fat is gruby. To make it comparative for a masculine noun like kot, we drop the -y ending and add -szy. This makes grubszy (fatter).
Does the comparative adjective change depending on the gender of the noun?
Yes! Just like regular adjectives, comparatives must match the noun. Because kot is masculine, we use grubszy. If we were talking about a feminine noun, like a female cat (kotka), we would drop the ending and add -sza, making it grubsza.
How does the word niż work in this sentence?
The word niż means than. When you use niż to compare two things, the second thing stays in the same grammatical case as the first one. Since mój kot is in the basic dictionary form (Nominative case), the word twój is also in the Nominative case.
Why does the sentence end with just twój instead of twój kot?
Just like in English where we say yours instead of your cat, you do not need to repeat the noun if it is obvious from the context. We use the masculine form twój because it still grammatically matches the masculine noun kot that we are comparing.