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La espía nueva no es tan discreta como tú.

La espía nueva no es tan discreta como tú.
The new spy is not as discreet as you.
From Lesson 233:Advice with modal verbs (deberías, podrías)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about La espía nueva no es tan discreta como tú.

Why is it tan here and not tanta to match the feminine spy?
Tan means "as" or "so" and is used before adjectives (like discreta) or adverbs. It never changes its form to match gender or number. You only use tanto or tanta (meaning "as much" or "as many") before nouns. Since discreta is an adjective, we must use tan.
Does the word espía change if we are talking about a male spy?
No, the word espía is invariable, meaning the noun itself stays exactly the same whether you are talking about a man or a woman. To show the gender of the person, you just change the article and adjectives around it. A male spy would be el espía nuevo.
Why do we use tú instead of ti at the end of the sentence?
After the comparative word como (meaning "as" or "like" in comparisons), you always use subject pronouns (like yo or tú) instead of prepositional pronouns (like mí or ti). You can think of the sentence as a shortened version of "as discreet as you are" (como tú eres), which makes tú the subject.

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