Introduction
Usamos las compariciones [comparisons] con adjetivos y adverbios para comparar cosas, personas o acciones, y expresan las igualdades o desigualdades entre ellos.
Usamos el comparativo de igualdad [comparative of equality] (cláusula as…as) para el mismo propósito.
{ver Compariciones con Adjetivos y Adverbios [1], Nivel A1}
Form
Normalmente encontramos la estructura del comparativo de igualdad (cláusula as…as) en sus tres formas.
Formas afirmativas:
Subject + verb + as + adjective/adverb + as + object + …
Subject + verb + as + adjective/adverb + noun + as + object + …
Formas negativas:
Subject + verb + not + as + adjective/adverb + as + object + …
Subject + verb + not + as + adjective/adverb + noun + as + object + …
Formas interrogativas:
Verb + subject + as + adjective/adverb + as + object + …?
Verb + subject + as + adjective/adverb + noun + as + object + …?
Example
- Hablar de cosas idénticas (afirmativo)
- This box of biscuits is as big as mine.
- This restaurant makes food as good as my mum’s.
- Hablar de cosas diferentes (negativo)
- A kilo of potatoes is not as expensive as a kilo of steaks.
- Her mountain boots are not as cheap as his backpack.
- Preguntar información sobre igualdad/desigualdad
- Is this box of biscuits as big as mine?
- Do I have champagne as cold as yours?
Use
Usamos el comparativo de igualdad (cláusula as…as) para:
- Hablar sobre cosas idénticas (afirmativo);
- Hablar sobre cosas diferentes (negativo);
- Pedir información sobre la igualdad/desigualdad de cosas diferentes (interrogativo).
Summary
Usamos el comparativo de igualdad [comparative of equality] (o la cláusula as…as) para recalcar la igualdad o desigualdad entre dos cosas, personas o acciones.
- Afirmativo:
Subject + verb + as + adjective/adverb + as + object + …
Subject + verb + as + adjective/adverb + noun + as + object + … - Negativo:
Subject + verb + not + as + adjective/adverb + as + object + …
Subject + verb + not + as + adjective/adverb + noun + as + object + … - Interrogativo:
Verb + subject + as + adjective/adverb + as + object + …?
Verb + subject + as + adjective/adverb + noun + as + object + …?
Por ejemplo:
— Afirmativo: «My doll is as lovely as yours.»
— Negativo: «My doll is not as lovely as yours.»
— Interrogativo: «Is my doll as lovely as yours?»
Vamos a revisar este contenido dentro de la sección {Form}. Echa un vistazo a la sección {Example} que muestra su uso en contexto.