No "noun comparisons" in the Comparisons Reference

Question

In this page, Comparisons there is only comparative adjectives and nothing for nouns and verbs. If this information is anywhere else on this site, I couldn't find it. Maybe this could be added to the current Comparatives reference page?

For example, comparisons using nouns:

usage: tanto(-a,-os,-as) + noun + como

• Tanto las naranjas como las bananas se venden en la sección de frutas y verduras
• As many oranges as bananas are sold in the fruit and vegetable section.
• Juan tiene tanto dinero como Carlos.
• Juan has as much money as Carlos.

Comparisons of actions (not things) when there is no adjective, you can use:
verb + tanto + como

• Sus empleados trabajan tanto como mis empleados.
• You employees work as much as my employees.

If there is an adjective when comparing actions, use verb + tan + adjective (masculine form) + como

• Sus empleados trabajan tan duro como mis empleados.
• Your employees work as hard as my employees.

Hopefully this is useful to someone.

Answer 1

Hi JackOBrien I´ve just had another look at your example - should it not be Tantas las naranjas como las bananas? If not I´ve missed the whole learning point taken from the site gfreed posted. Please advise. Thanks

My example was taken directly from a text book, yet it does appear to be wrong. It's being used as an adjective and should change gender/quantity to match the noun. - Jack-OBrien, Jul 5, 2010

All the more to confuse us! Thanks for responding. Have spent the afternoon revising Comparisons of Equality, Inequality and Superlatives, must say I now feel more confident. - caza, Jul 5, 2010

Answer 2

tan, tanto

tan...adverb...used with other adverbs and adjectives

tanto...adjective....use with nouns

This was a good site to be directed to. - caza, Jul 5, 2010

Answer 3

Yes, I have looked for something similar to this as well as I have done comparisons in class but not fully understood it as all our instruction is in Spanish. Thanks

Answer 4

Very useful to me! As a point of grammar, I had never considered that one might speak grammatically of comparisons when speaking of nouns and/or verbs. Very interesting. Thank you.