Question

How would you translate this using this example:Alicia / ser / + / responsable / su hermana mayor
Alicia es más responsable que su hermana mayor.
1. este año / yo tener / = / clases / el año pasado

Answer 1

Okay, so these are the words that we have to work with:

este año / yo tener / = / clases / el año pasado

And we have to do 3 things:

1. Conjugate the verb. (In this case, the verb is "tener.")
2. Pick the right comparison word.
3. Decide whether to use "como" or "que."

These are the same 3 things that were done, in the example.
So, let me walk you through them, for this new sentence.

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1. Conjugate the verb.

In this case, the verb is "tener."

And we have to conjugate it, like it says, into the "yo" form.

So, it's TENGO.

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2. Pick the right comparison word.

The Spanish comparison words are:

* Tan -- as
* Tanto(s)/Tanta(s) -- as much/as many
* Más -- more
*Menos -- less

You see the equal (=) sign in the group of words, that we have to use?

The equal sign means that we have to use the comparison word for "as much," or "as many."

And do you see the word "clases" in the group?

"Clases" is a PLURAL, FEMININE noun.
So, we should use the comparison word TANTAS.

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3. Decide whether to use COMO or QUE.

The way that we decide whether to use "como" or "que"
depends on the comparison word we chose.

If the comparison word is TAN, TANTO(S), or TANTA(S),
we have to use COMO.

If the comparison word is MAS or MENOS,
we have to use QUE.

In this case, since we chose TANTAS as our comparison word,
we have to use COMO.

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Now, all of our three steps are done! Let's make our sentence!
I'm going to capitalize the words that came from our three steps.

"Este año, yo TENGO TANTAS clases COMO el año pasado."

It means:

"This year, I have as many classes as the past year."

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Easy, right? Just three simple steps, for every kind of problem like this one.