{"id":7204,"date":"2022-11-10T12:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T11:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=7204"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:18:13","slug":"comparative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/comparative\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparative Forms in Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are three kinds of comparatives in Italian:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Comparativo di maggioranza<\/strong> (Comparatives of majority)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comparativo di minoranza<\/strong> (Comparatives of minority)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comparativo di uguaglianza<\/strong> (Comparatives of equality)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Comparatives of majority and minority:<\/h5>\n<p>To make the comparative form we should place the adverbs &#8220;<strong>pi\u00f9<\/strong>&#8221; (for a comparative of majority) or &#8220;<strong>meno<\/strong>&#8221; (for a comparative of minority) before the adjective. We should then use the preposition &#8220;<strong>di<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>che<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>pi\u00f9 <\/strong>o <strong>meno <\/strong>+ <strong>adjective<\/strong> + <strong>di<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Casa mia \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">pi\u00f9<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">piccola<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">di\u00a0<\/span>casa tua.<br \/>\n(My house is smaller than your house.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Mio fratello \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">meno<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">alto di\u00a0<\/span>me.<br \/>\n(My brother is less tall than me.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Patrizia \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">pi\u00f9 carina di<\/span> Francesca.<br \/>\n(Patrizia is prettier than Francesca.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>L&#8217;italiano \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">meno diffuso dello<\/span> spagnolo.<br \/>\n(Italian is\u00a0less widespread than\u00a0Spanish.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>Comparatives of equality:<\/h5>\n<p>To make a comparative of equality, we use &#8220;<strong>tanto<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>cos\u00ec<\/strong>&#8221; before the adjective and &#8220;<strong>come<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>quanto<\/strong>&#8221; after.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>tanto <\/strong>o <strong>cos\u00ec <\/strong>+ <strong>adjective<\/strong> + <strong>come\u00a0<\/strong>o <strong>quanto<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gli avverbi che precedono l&#8217;aggettivo possono anche non essere scritti, ma\u00a0come\u00a0e\u00a0quanto\u00a0sono obbligatori!!!<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Il mio gatto \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">(tanto) grande quanto<\/span> il tuo.<br \/>\n(My cat is as big as yours.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Londra \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">(cos\u00ec) bella come<\/span> Parigi.<br \/>\n(London is as beautiful as Paris.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are some <strong>irregular comparative forms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Buono (good) \u2192 <strong>migliore<\/strong>\/<strong>i<\/strong> (better)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Cattivo (bad) \u2192 <strong>peggiore<\/strong>\/<strong>i<\/strong> (worse)<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>La tua macchina \u00e8\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">migliore<\/span> della mia.<br \/>\n(Your car is better than mine.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Il tuo pc \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">peggiore\u00a0<\/span>del mio.<br \/>\n(Your computer is worse than mine.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three kinds of comparatives in Italian: Comparativo di maggioranza (Comparatives of majority) Comparativo di minoranza (Comparatives of minority) Comparativo di uguaglianza (Comparatives of equality) Comparatives of majority and minority: To make the comparative form we should place the adverbs &#8220;pi\u00f9&#8221; (for a comparative of majority) or &#8220;meno&#8221; (for a comparative of minority) before the adjective. 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