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Nosotros somos igual de perezosos que esos chicos extrovertidos.

Nosotros somos igual de perezosos que esos chicos extrovertidos.
We are as lazy as those outgoing boys.
From Lesson 249:Comparatives of equality (igual de... que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Nosotros somos igual de perezosos que esos chicos extrovertidos.

Since we learned tan ... como for 'as ... as' before, can I use it here instead of igual de ... que?
Yes, you can! You could say Nosotros somos tan perezosos como... and it would mean the exact same thing. Just remember the right pairings: tan always goes with como, and igual de always goes with que.
Why doesn't igual de change to plural to match the subject Nosotros?
In this specific structure, igual de acts as an adverb phrase meaning 'equally', so it never changes for gender or number. However, the adjective it describes, perezosos, still has to change to match the plural subject Nosotros.
What is the difference between using esos here instead of aquellos for 'those'?
Both translate to 'those', but they show different physical distances. You use esos chicos for boys who are slightly far away from you, but perhaps still in the same area. Aquellos chicos is used for people who are much further away from both the speaker and the listener, like 'those boys way over there'.
Would the sentence still be correct if I dropped the pronoun Nosotros at the beginning?
Absolutely. The verb somos already tells us the subject is 'we'. Including Nosotros here is grammatically optional and just adds a bit of emphasis, like pointing out 'We are as lazy as those outgoing boys'.

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