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Leçon 88 - Le comparatif des adverbes

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quatre-vingts-huit

le comparatif

des adverbes

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the comparison

of adverbs

Lesson 88 - Comparison of adverbs

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Téléphones-tu souvent à ta soeur?

téléphones

tu

souvent

à ta soeur

telephone

you (fam)

often

to your (fam) sister

Do you often telephone your sister?

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J’allais plus souvent aux musées qu’au cinéma.

j’allais

plus souvent

aux musées

que

au cinéma

I was going

more often

to the museums

than

to the cinema

I went more often to the museums than to the movies.

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Marie lira moins souvent que moi.

Marie

lira

moins

souvent

que

moi

Marie

will read

less

often

than

me

Marie will read less often than I.

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Nous travaillerons aussi souvent que possible.

nous travaillerons

aussi souvent que

possible

we will work

as often as

possible

We will work as often as possible.

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Les Français conduisent vite, n’est-ce pas?

les Français

conduisent

vite

n’est-ce pas

the French (people)

drive

fast

not is this not

The French drive quickly, don’t they?

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Aussi vite que nous autres Italiens.

aussi vite que

nous

autres

Italiens

as fast as

we

other

Italians

As quickly as we Italians.

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Le train allait moins vite que les voitures.

le train

allait

moins vite que

les voitures

the train

was going

less fast than

the cars

The train wasn’t going as fast as the cars. / The train was going less fast than the cars.

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On partira tôt le matin.

on

partira

tôt

le matin

one

will leave

early

the morning

We will leave early in the morning.

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Plus tôt qu’hier.

plus

tôt

que

hier

more

early

than

yesterday

Earlier than yesterday.

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Les jeunes aiment beaucoup le cinéma.

les jeunes

aiment

beaucoup

le cinéma

the young (people)

love

much

the cinema

Young people like the movies a lot.

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Même plus que la télévision.

même

plus

que

la télévision

even

more

than

the television

Even more than television.

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Je ne joue pas bien au golf.

je

ne

joue

pas

bien

au

golf

I

not

play

not

well

at the

golf

I don’t play golf well.

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Je joue mieux au tennis.

je

joue

mieux

au tennis

I

play

well

at the tennis

I play tennis better.

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Je nage mieux.

je

nage

mieux

I

swim

better / best

I swim better.

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Elles aiment bien faire du vélo en vacances.

elles

aiment bien

faire du vélo

en vacances

they (f)

love well

make (inf) some bicycle

in vacation

They really like riding bikes on vacation.

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Elles aimaient mieux faire de la voile.

elles

aimaient

mieux

faire

de

la

voile

they

were loving

well

make (inf)

some

the

sail

They liked sailing better.

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Olivier a mal nagé hier.

Olivier

a

mal

nagé

hier

Oliver

has

poorly

swum

yesterday

Oliver swam badly yesterday.

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J’allais mal avant le dîner.

j’allais

mal

avant

le dîner

I was going

bad

before

the dinner

I wasn’t feeling good before dinner. / I was going badly before dinner.

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Et plus mal après le repas.

et

plus mal

après

le repas

and

more bad

after

the meal

And worse after the meal.

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Nous jouions mal aujourd’hui.

nous jouions

mal

aujourd’hui

we were playing

bad

today

We were playing badly today.

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Plus mal qu’hier.

plus

mal

que

hier

more

bad

than

yesterday

Worse than yesterday.

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Paris est plus loin que Londres.

Paris

est

plus loin

que

Londres

Paris

is

more far

than

London

Paris is farther than London.

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Mais moins loin que Vienne.

mais

moins

loin

que

Vienne

but

less

far

than

Vienna

But not as far as Vienna.