Doing Things "More"
When describing how someone performs an action, you use an adverb. To say that an action is done "more" a certain way (like "more fluently" or "louder"), place mai directly before the adverb.
In Romanian, many adverbs look exactly like their masculine singular adjective forms. For example, tare means both "loud" and "loudly", so mai tare translates to "louder" or "more loudly".
| Now you pronounce this sound better and louder. | Acum pronunți acest sunet mai bine și mai tare. |
| He speaks English more fluently, but he does not know the grammar. | El vorbește engleza mai fluent, dar nu știe gramatica. |
| She speaks Romanian more naturally because she listens carefully. | Ea vorbește româna mai natural pentru că ascultă cu atenție. |
Doing Things "Less"
To express that an action is performed "less" a certain way, place mai puțin before the adverb—the exact same structure used when comparing adjectives.
| Because I did not study, I speak less fluently. | Pentru că nu am studiat, vorbesc mai puțin fluent. |
| I heard the sound less clearly today. | Am auzit sunetul mai puțin clar astăzi. |
Expressing "Than"
When comparing one thing directly to another, use decât ("than") to bridge the two parts of your comparison.
| The student practices grammar more than the accent. | Studentul exersează gramatica mai mult decât accentul. |
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