Nominativo con el comparativo

Question

Yo digo: Soy más alto que tú; y Tú eres más alto que yo.

¿Hay ocasiones cuando se dice frases semblables con las formas objectivas "ti y mí"?

In English, the choice of "like" or "than determines which case we use. "He is taller than I." But "He is stubborn, like me." (I realize the 2nd example isn't quite the equivalent comparative of the Spanish.

Gracias, otra vez por la ayuda que me dan.

the question is not too clear to me but I still tried answering it below. take a gander at the answer below. - 00b055e0, Mar 13, 2014

Answer 1

Ok Now you have asked me that which pronouns you need to use with such a construction .. OK so here is your answer .. Whenever you are using this comparative construction "tu eres mas delgado que yo" what you are doing is that you are comparing two subjects .. tu is also a subject and yo is also a subject .. and ser (eres) here is being used as an intransitive verb which doesn't have any object .. so for both the items being compared you will use subject pronouns :yo, tu, el, ella, Ud, Nosotros, Vosotros, Ellos, Ellas, Uds. THE other pronouns like ti and mi are prepositional pronouns which are only used after prepositions like como, de, por, para etc. IS It clear now .. or do you need more insight.

SO in a nut shell you can not use the pronouns like ti and mi in such comparative constructions. (these are prep pronouns only reserved to be used after prepositions)

Well done :) definitely worth a vote! - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 13, 2014

well thanks kiwi-girl :) - 00b055e0, Mar 13, 2014

Answer 2

My friend ,, in the grammar of both English and Spanish we have a concept called Comparatives and Superlatives which are used to define the the comparison (degree of adjective) between two or more nouns. For example, tall, taller, tallest (where taller is the comparative and tallest is the superlative (highest degree). Same logic is applicable in spanish : example : rico, mas rico, riquisimo .. so If I have to say. This dish is tastier than that one, I would say este plato es mas rico/delicioso que ese plato (So this is how we compare two or more things both in Spanish and English .. by using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives). but if you just want to talk/compare about a quality in general .. for example you are tall like me,, you can just say ,, eres alto como mi,,, or eres hermosa como ella ... (here we are not doing a definite comparison of degrees but just generally comparing the quality as such with another)... and the pronoun that would be used in such cases will be mi,ti,el,ella,ud etc. because COMO is a preposition and any pronoun we use in the prepositional phrase in place of the object of the preposition has to be a prepositional pronoun (mi, ti etc.). Hope you understand now.

I am not sure though that I understood your question correctly. So if you might have wanted to ask some thing else .. Please feel free to ask again. - 00b055e0, Mar 13, 2014

My question is not so much the use of the comparative, but rather which form of the pronouns to use after it: yo, mí, tú, ti, etc. - gmyers4, Mar 13, 2014

My question is not so much the use of the comparative, but rather which form of the pronouns to use after it: yo, mí, tú, ti, etc. - gmyers4, Mar 13, 2014

ok .. look at my new answer below then :) - 00b055e0, Mar 13, 2014

you can't use ti and mi .. I have explained it in detail in my new answer .. have a look :) - 00b055e0, Mar 13, 2014

Answer 3

And ..nominativo con el comparitivo simply means the use of the adjectival comparatives in nominative case .. (there are many cases that the adjectives can be classified in like attributive, nominative, predicative etc. but that is advanced grammar .. don't dig too deep just yet to avoid confusion ).. Rest I have explained you every thing above.. If you still have some confusion please post your queries below I will try to answer as best I can,