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### **Superior**, **inferior**, **anterior**, **posterior** + **a**

These four adjectives already contain the comparison (higher, lower, earlier, later), so they compare with **a**, not **que**, and they don't take **más**. To make them stronger, use **muy**.

| adjective | meaning |
|---|---|
| **superior a** | higher than, better than |
| **inferior a** | lower than, worse than |
| **anterior a** | earlier than, before |
| **posterior a** | later than, after |

**Muy superior**, not *más superior*:

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Below zero:

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The adjective agrees, **a** stays:

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### Verb + **tanto como**

After a verb, **tanto como** compares how much people do something. Here **tanto** goes with the verb, so it doesn't change (compare *tantos libros como*).

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With **gustar**, the comparison keeps its **a**:

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### **Lo mismo que**

**Lo mismo** means *the same thing*; add **que** for *the same as*.

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Ordering in a bar:

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### **No … más que** = only

**No** + verb + **más que** gives an exact amount and means *only*. **No … más de** means *not more than*.

| sentence | meaning |
|---|---|
| No tengo **más que** veinte euros. | I only have twenty euros. |
| No tengo **más de** veinte euros. | I don't have more than twenty euros. |

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A limit, not *only*:

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More comparisons (superior a, tanto como, lo mismo que)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)

Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)

Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)

Adjective agreement (-o, -a, -os, -as)

Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)

Simple negation (no)

Yes/no questions

Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)

Regular '-er' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Regular '-ir' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)

Question words (quién, cómo)

The verb estar (estoy, estás)

The preposition en (en)

Ser vs. estar

The verb tener (tengo, tienes)

Possessive determiners (mi, tu, su)

Origin and possession (de, del)

The verb ir (voy, vas)

Destination (a, al)

The personal 'a' (a)

Stem-changing verbs: e to ie

Stem-changing verbs: o to ue

Irregular first-person verbs

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)

Numbers 11 to 20 (once, doce, trece)

Counting by tens to 100 (treinta, cuarenta, cien)

Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)

Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)

The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)

Months of the year

Telling time (es la, son las)

Verbs of liking (me gusta)

Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)

Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)

Formal address (usted, ustedes)

Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

Obligation (tener que)

Present continuous (-ando, -iendo)

Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)

Basic Food and Drink

The Human Body: Head and Arms

The Human Body: Legs and Health

Wardrobe Essentials

Fresh Produce

Meals and Proteins

Public Transport

Hello and goodbye (hola, ¿qué tal?)

Thank you, sorry, OK (gracias, vale)

There is, there are (hay)

My building (la escalera, el ascensor)

Describing people (moreno, rubio, tímido)

Land and sea (el mar, el río, el norte)

Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)

Asking the way (cerca, a la derecha, todo recto)

In class (¿puedes repetir?)

Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)

What's your name? (me llamo, encantado)

Phone, computer and email

Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)

What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)

Personal details (la edad, la fecha de nacimiento)

Me neither (también, tampoco, ni)

How much is it? (el precio, la vuelta)

What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)

Free time (el concierto, el tenis)

At the bar (¿qué vas a tomar?)

The Natural World

Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel)

Prepositions of place (encima de, debajo de)

Prepositional pronouns (para mí, contigo)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero to décimo)

Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)

Exclamations (¡qué...!)

Indefinite pronouns (algo, alguien)

Indefinite determiners (algún, ningún)

Indirect object pronouns (le, les)

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)

Verbs of preference (encantar, interesar)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Starting and finishing actions (empezar a, terminar de)

Adjective comparatives (más que, menos que)

Comparatives of equality (tan como)

Noun comparatives (tanto como)

Question	Answer
lower, worse (than)	inferior
Her salary is much higher than mine.	Su sueldo es muy superior al mío.
Today the temperature is below zero.	Hoy la temperatura es inferior a cero.
This hotel is inferior to the one we saw yesterday.	Este hotel es inferior al que vimos ayer.
My contract predates the new law.	Mi contrato es anterior a la nueva ley.
That mistake is from before my arrival.	Ese error es anterior a mi llegada.
Now I don't go out as much as before.	Ahora no salgo tanto como antes.
Nobody works as much as my mother.	Nadie trabaja tanto como mi madre.
Do you study as much as your sister?	¿Estudias tanto como tu hermana?
I don't like football as much as you do.	No me gusta el fútbol tanto como a ti.
I only have one brother.	No tengo más que un hermano.
This T-shirt only costs ten euros.	Esta camiseta no cuesta más que diez euros.
Today I have only eaten a sandwich.	Hoy no he comido más que un bocadillo.
I am only asking you for a little patience.	No te pido más que un poco de paciencia.
No more than a hundred people fit in this room.	En esta sala no caben más de cien personas.
later (in time)	posterior
We can meet any day after the fifteenth of May.	Podemos quedar cualquier día posterior al quince de mayo.
The problems started in the years after the wedding.	Los problemas empezaron en los años posteriores a la boda.
the same thing, the same (as)	lo mismo
The same thing happened to me as to you.	Me ocurrió lo mismo que a ti.
I think the same as you.	Pienso lo mismo que tú.
Can I have the same as her?	¿Me pones lo mismo que a ella?
He always orders the same as his girlfriend.	Siempre pide lo mismo que su novia.

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