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Mi gato es más gordo que tu perro.

Mi gato es más gordo que tu perro.
My cat is fatter than your dog.
From Lesson 64:Comparatives of inequality (más / menos ... que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Mi gato es más gordo que tu perro.

el perro
the dog
el gato
the cat
mi
my
tu
your
gordo
fat

Questions & Answers about Mi gato es más gordo que tu perro.

How do you form words ending in '-er' like 'fatter' in Spanish?
In English, we often add '-er' to short words to compare things (fat becomes fatter). In Spanish, you do not change the ending of the adjective. Instead, you always use the formula más (more) + adjective + que (than). So, 'fatter than' becomes más gordo que (literally 'more fat than').
Would gordo change if we were talking about a female cat?
Yes! Even though it is inside a comparison, the adjective still has to match the noun it describes. If you had a female cat, it would be Mi gata es más gorda que tu perro. The adjective matches the cat, not the dog, because the cat is the one doing the 'being'.
Why use es instead of está for being fat?
We use es (from the verb ser) because physical descriptions and basic traits use this verb. While you could technically use está to imply a pet has recently gained weight, using es is the standard way to describe what someone or something looks like as a general characteristic.
Why does tu not have an accent mark over the u?
In Spanish, the accent mark changes the meaning of this word. With the accent, tú means the person 'you'. Without the accent, tu means 'your' (a possessive adjective). Since the sentence says 'your dog', we use the unaccented tu.

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