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La casa de tu madrina es más bonita que la de tu ahijada.

La casa de tu madrina es más bonita que la de tu ahijada.
Your godmother's house is more beautiful than your goddaughter's.
From Lesson 285:Definite articles as pronouns (el de, la que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about La casa de tu madrina es más bonita que la de tu ahijada.

What does la de mean here, and why don't we just say de tu ahijada?
We use la de to avoid repeating the noun casa (house). Because casa is feminine and singular, we use the article la. It literally translates to "the one of", so la de tu ahijada means "the one of your goddaughter" or "your goddaughter's".
Why do we use que instead of de after más bonita?
To say "more [adjective] than" in Spanish, you use the structure más [adjective] que. You would only use más de when talking about numbers or quantities (like más de cinco casas for "more than five houses").
What is the relationship between a madrina and an ahijada?
A madrina is a godmother, while an ahijada is a goddaughter. They are the feminine versions of padrino (godfather) and ahijado (godson).
Why isn't there an accent on tu?
Without the accent, tu is the possessive adjective "your" (as in "your godmother" or "your goddaughter"). With an accent, tú is the pronoun "you".

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