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Quanto mais independente sou, mais flexibilidade tenho.

Quanto mais independente sou, mais flexibilidade tenho.
The more independent I am, the more flexibility I have.
From Lesson 280:Proportional comparisons (quanto mais... mais)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Quanto mais independente sou, mais flexibilidade tenho.

Why does the first half use Quanto mais but the second half only uses mais?
In Portuguese, proportional comparisons usually follow the pattern Quanto mais/menos... mais/menos... (The more/less... the more/less...). You only use quanto in the first clause to set up the condition. The second clause just uses mais or menos to state the result.
Does the word order have to be mais independente sou instead of mais sou independente?
Yes, you must put the adjective (independente) or noun (flexibilidade) immediately after mais or menos in these structures. It works just like English: we say "the more independent I am", not "the more I am independent".
Would independente change if the speaker were male or female?
No, independente is a gender-neutral adjective because it ends in -e. It stays exactly the same whether the speaker is a man or a woman. If the subject were plural, it would become independentes.
Where is the word for "I" (eu) in this sentence?
The subject pronoun is left out because the verb forms (sou and tenho) already make it clear that "I" is the subject. You could say Quanto mais independente eu sou, mais flexibilidade eu tenho, but omitting the eu sounds much more natural in Portuguese.

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