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<div style="font-size:300%"> beaucoup 'much', plus 'more', peu 'little', moins 'less'</div> | <div style="font-size:300%"> beaucoup 'much', plus 'more', peu 'little', moins 'less'</div> | ||
The comparative and superlative forms of the degree adverb beaucoup are plus and le plus (the final s is pronounced except in front of words beginning with a consonant); the comparative and superlative forms of the degree adverb peu are moins and | The comparative and superlative forms of the degree adverb beaucoup are plus and le plus (the final s is pronounced except in front of words beginning with a consonant); the comparative and superlative forms of the degree adverb peu are moins and le moins: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="2" |French | |||
| colspan="2" |English | |||
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|Elle mange | |||
|beaucoup | |||
|She eats | |||
|a lot | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|plus | |||
| | |||
|more | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|le plus (de toutes) | |||
| | |||
|the most (of all) | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|autant (que moi) | |||
| | |||
|as much (as me) | |||
|- | |||
|Elle mange | |||
|Peu | |||
|She eats | |||
|little | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|moins | |||
| | |||
|less | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|le moins (de toutes) | |||
| | |||
|the least (of all) | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|aussi peu (que moi) | |||
| | |||
|as little (as me) | |||
|} | |||
Revision as of 11:03, 22 October 2021
beaucoup 'much', plus 'more', peu 'little', moins 'less'
The comparative and superlative forms of the degree adverb beaucoup are plus and le plus (the final s is pronounced except in front of words beginning with a consonant); the comparative and superlative forms of the degree adverb peu are moins and le moins:
| French | English | ||
| Elle mange | beaucoup | She eats | a lot |
| plus | more | ||
| le plus (de toutes) | the most (of all) | ||
| autant (que moi) | as much (as me) | ||
| Elle mange | Peu | She eats | little |
| moins | less | ||
| le moins (de toutes) | the least (of all) | ||
| aussi peu (que moi) | as little (as me) | ||
plus and moins are also used in expressions like:
- De plus en plus de femmes enceintes veulent connaître le sexe de leur bébé
More and more pregnant women want to know what sex their baby is
- De moins en moins de femmes enceintes fument
Fewer and fewer pregnant women smoke