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Comparing Everything

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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Master the art of comparing people, places, and things in Romanian with confidence.

  • Construct basic comparisons using more and less.
  • Form superlative adjectives to describe the absolute best.
  • Express equality and inequality using specific grammar patterns.
Compare, contrast, and conquer the world in Romanian.

तुम क्या सीखोगे

Comparative and superlative structures. Expressing degrees of quality and quantity.

  • Comparative Structures
    Romanian comparisons are built by adding mai before adjectives, always matching the noun's gender and number.
  • Superlative Structures
    The Romanian superlative combines a matching demonstrative article with 'mai' to identify the absolute top of a group.
  • Equality and Inequality
    Compare things by placing 'mai', 'mai puțin', or 'la fel de' before adjectives and 'decât' or 'ca' after.
  • Irregular Comparisons
    Romanian comparisons use mai plus the adjective, which must always agree in gender and number with the noun.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. 1
    By the end you will be able to: Compare two objects using 'mai' and 'decât'.
  2. 2
    By the end you will be able to: Describe the highest degree of quality using 'cel mai'.

मुख्य उदाहरण (8)

1

Merele roșii sunt mai dulci decât cele verzi.

Red apples are sweeter than green ones.

Comparative Structures
2

București este la fel de aglomerat ca Londra.

Bucharest is as crowded as London.

Comparative Structures
3

Acesta este cel mai bun restaurant din oraș.

This is the best restaurant in town.

Superlative Structures
4

Ea este cea mai înaltă fată din echipă.

She is the tallest girl in the team.

Superlative Structures
5

Acest măr este mai roșu decât celălalt.

This apple is redder than the other one.

Equality and Inequality
6

Ea este la fel de inteligentă ca fratele ei.

She is as intelligent as her brother.

Equality and Inequality
7

Acest măr este mai bun decât celălalt.

This apple is better than the other one.

Irregular Comparisons
8

Mașina ta este mai mare decât a mea.

Your car is bigger than mine.

Irregular Comparisons

टिप्स और ट्रिक्स (4)

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The 'Mai' Multi-tool

Remember that mai doesn't change! Whether you're talking about one cat or twenty dogs, mai stays exactly the same. Only the adjective changes its ending.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Comparative Structures
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The 'Cel' Cheat Sheet

If you struggle with 'cel/cea/cei/cele', remember they are the exact same as the demonstrative articles you use for 'the one who...'. If you know those, you know this!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Superlative Structures
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The 'De' Rule

Don't forget the 'de' in 'la fel de'. It's like the glue holding the equality together. Without it, the sentence falls apart!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Equality and Inequality
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Age is just a size

In Romanian, you don't use 'old' (bătrân) to say someone is older than you. Use 'mai mare' (bigger). It's much more polite!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Comparisons

मुख्य शब्दावली (6)

mai more decât than bun good rău bad la fel de as... as puțin less

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Review Summary

  • mai + adjective + decât
  • cel/cea + mai + adjective
  • la fel de + adjective
  • bun -> mai bun

सामान्य गलतियाँ

Students often forget that 'bun' becomes 'mai bun', not 'mai bun'.

Wrong: Este mai bun decât celălalt.
सही: Este mai bun decât celălalt.

Do not use 'ca' for comparisons; use 'decât'.

Wrong: Este cel mai mare ca mine.
सही: Este mai mare decât mine.

You must include 'de' in the 'la fel de' structure.

Wrong: Este la fel mare.
सही: Este la fel de mare.

Next Steps

You have mastered the language of comparison! Keep practicing, and you will sound like a native speaker in no time.

Write a 5-sentence comparison of your city and your hometown.

Continue to: Object Pronouns

त्वरित अभ्यास (10)

Choose the correct article for the feminine plural noun 'mașini' (cars).

Acestea sunt ___ mai rapide mașini.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: cele
Because 'mașini' is feminine plural, you must use 'cele'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Superlative Structures

Express that someone is the oldest in a group (masculine).

Andrei este cel ___ din clasă.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: mai mare
'Mai mare' is used to denote 'older' in Romanian.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Comparisons

Choose the correct form of 'bun' to compare two feminine nouns.

Cafeaua de aici este ___ decât cea de acasă.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: mai bună
Since 'cafeaua' is feminine singular, the adjective must be 'bună'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Comparisons

Choose the correct word to complete the inequality comparison.

Iarna este mai lungă ___ toamna.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: decât
In standard Romanian, 'decât' is the correct conjunction for comparisons of inequality.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Equality and Inequality

Use the correct word for 'than' in a comparison.

București este mai mare ___ Brașov.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: decât
'Decât' is the standard preposition for comparing two distinct nouns.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Comparisons

Complete the sentence to show superiority (more expensive than).

Mașina este ___ scumpă ___ bicicleta.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: mai ... decât
Superiority is expressed using 'mai' before the adjective and 'decât' after it.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Equality and Inequality

Complete the sentence to say 'The car is faster than the bicycle'.

Mașina este ___ rapidă ___ bicicleta.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
To show superiority, we use 'mai' before the adjective and 'decât' before the second object.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Comparative Structures

Choose the correct feminine superlative for 'the most interesting book'.

Aceasta este ___ ___ interesantă carte.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: b
Since 'carte' (book) is feminine singular, we must use 'cea mai'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Comparative Structures

Complete the equality comparison: 'He is as tall as his father'.

El este ___ ___ ___ înalt ca tatăl lui.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: b
'La fel de' is the standard phrase for 'as... as' in Romanian.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Comparative Structures

Complete the sentence to say 'the best' for a masculine singular noun.

Mihai este ___ mai bun prieten al meu.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: cel
Mihai is masculine singular, so 'cel' is the correct demonstrative article.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Superlative Structures

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सामान्य प्रश्न (6)

You say mai bun. Unlike English which changes 'good' to 'better', Romanian just adds mai in front of bun.
Yes, it is mai rău. It follows the same rule: mai + the adjective for 'bad' (rău).
It is a grammar structure used to say something is the 'most' or 'least' of a group. For example, cel mai mare means 'the biggest'.
It depends on the gender. For a boy, it is cel mai bun, and for a girl, it is cea mai bună.
You use the word mai. Just place it before the adjective, like mai bun (better/more good).
The word for 'than' is usually decât. For example, mai mare decât means 'bigger than'.
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