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El desierto es más seco que el bosque.

El desierto es más seco que el bosque.
The desert is drier than the forest.
From Lesson 64:Comparatives of inequality (más / menos ... que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of El desierto es más seco que el bosque.

ser
to be
que
that / than
más
more
el bosque
forest
el desierto
desert
seco
dry

Questions & Answers about El desierto es más seco que el bosque.

How do you say "drier" in Spanish?
In English, we often add "-er" to the end of short words to compare them (dry becomes drier). Spanish doesn't use endings for this. Instead, you just put más (more) before the adjective. So, "drier" is simply expressed as "more dry": más seco.
Does the word que mean "than" here?
Yes! You might remember que meaning "what" or "that" from earlier lessons. But when making a comparison, the formula is más + [adjective] + que. In this context, que translates to "than."
There are two nouns here (el desierto and el bosque). Which one does the adjective seco agree with?
The adjective always matches the subject of the sentence, which is the thing you are primarily describing. Since el desierto is masculine and singular, we use seco. If the sentence started with a feminine noun like la región (the region), the adjective would change to match it: La región es más seca...
Why do we use es instead of está to talk about being dry?
We use the verb ser (es) for defining traits and permanent characteristics. A desert is naturally and permanently a dry place. If you were talking about something that is only temporarily dry, like a towel or the street after a sunny day, you would use estar instead (está seco).

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