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    The document discusses comparative adjectives in French, including those indicating more/less, similarity/equality, and irregular adjectives like 'bon' and 'mauvais'. It provides examples of usage and an exercise to fill in blanks with the appropriate comparative adjective form based on guidelines.

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    The document discusses comparative adjectives in French, including those indicating more/less, similarity/equality, and irregular adjectives like 'bon' and 'mauvais'. It provides examples of usage and an exercise to fill in blanks with the appropriate comparative adjective form based on guidelines.

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    1. comparative adjectives indicating more / less


    2. comparative adjectives indicating similarity or equality
    3. irregular adjectives

    comparative adjectives indicating more or less


    Adjectives are frequently used to compare things, people, events, ideas etc. Plus ... que conveys the idea of 'more ...
    than', moins ... que the idea of 'less than.'

    Tex est plus intelligent que Joe-Bob. Tex is more intelligent than Joe-Bob.

    Mais Joe-Bob est moins prétentieux que But Joe-Bob is less pretentious than Tex.
    Tex.

    Bien sûr, il est plus difficile d'être poète que Of course, it is more difficult to be a poet
    d'être écureuil! than to be a squirrel.

    comparative adjectives indicating similarity or equality


    Aussi ... que conveys the idea of 'as ... as'.

    Fiona est aussi belle que Tammy. Mais elles Fiona is as beautiful as Tammy. But they
    ne sont pas aussi séduisantes que Bette. are not as seductive as Bette.

    irregular adjectives
    The adjectives bon and mauvais have irregular forms of comparison, meilleur and pire. However, the regular form plus
    mauvais que has become commonly accepted. Note that this irregularity is found in English too with 'better' (not
    *gooder) and 'worse' (not *badder).

    D'après Tex, Tammy est un bon parti. Mais According to Tex, Tammy is a good match.
    Bette pense qu'elle serait un meilleur parti But Bette thinks she would be a better
    que Tammy. match than Tammy.

    Mais il est évident que le caractère de Bette But it is obvious that Bette's personality is
    est plus mauvais que celui de Tammy. worse than Tammy's.

    Listen to this dialogue:

    Bette: Tex, as-tu jamais vu une fille aussi Bette: Tex, have you ever seen a girl as
    jolie que moi? pretty as I am?

    Tex philosophe: Euh! La beauté physique Tex the philosopher: Ah! Physical beauty is
    est moins importante que la beauté de less important than the beauty of the soul.
    l'âme. Voyons Bette, je n'ai pas le temps Look Bette, I do not have time to think
    de penser à des choses aussi triviales que about things as trivial as that ...
    celles-ci ...
    Bette: D'accord, d'accord, mais je suis Bette: Ok, ok, but I am less stupid and
    moins bête et plus sexy que Tammy, non? more sexy than Tammy, don't you think?

    Tex: Être ou ne pas être, là est la question Tex: To be or not to be, that is the
    ... question ...

    fill in the blanks


    Fill in the blank with the appropriate comparative of the adjective in parentheses. '+' is for 'more...than', '-' for
    'less...than', and '=' for 'as...as'. Do not forget to make the adjectives agree in number and gender with the nouns
    they qualify.

    1. L'accent américain d'Edouard est ____________ que celui de Tex. (+, mauvais)

    2. Tex a un _________ Q.I. ('I.Q.') qu'Edouard. (+, bon)

    3. Tammy est __________ que Bette. (=, joli)

    4. Fiona est __________ que Bette. (+, gentil)

    5. Les Aggies sont __________ que les Longhorns. (-, fort)

    6. Les étudiantes de UT sont _____________ que celles de Texas A&M. (+, séduisant)

    7. Les Français sont _____________ que les Texans. (+, raffiné)

    8. Les Texans sont ____________ que les Français. (+, drôle)

    9. La France est ____________ que le Texas. (-, grand)

    10. Tex est __________ que Tammy. (+, vieux)

    11. Corey et Joe-Bob sont ___________ qu'Edouard. (-, snob)

    12. Edouard et Tammy sont ___________ que Joe-Bob et Corey. (+, indépendant)

    © 2004 • department of french & italian • liberal arts ITS • university of texas at austin updated: 27 May 04

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