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Who is more athletic and active in your family? Who is nicer, you or your sister? Who is older your father or your mother? Who is younger, you or your brother? The comparison words plus and moins, more and less, let you have more complex conversations about friends and family.
Watch the video below to see how these words can be used to describe people in more detail.
Bonjour!
In the last lesson, you learned vocabulary for family members. And in the beginning of this module, you were introduced to the words plus and moins, more and less.
In this lesson, you will learn how to use plus and moins to make comparisons between different people.
To ask whois younger, older, smarter, or stronger, you’ll need the question word qui. Let’s start with the saying who is older or younger, plus vieux ou plus jeune.
Qui est plus vieux? Mon grand-père ou mon frère?
Who is older? My grandfather or my brother?
Sans doute, mon grand-père est plus vieux.
Without a doubt, my grandfather is older.
Et qui est plus vieille? Ma mère ou ma grand-mère? Remember, the feminine of vieux is vieille.
Who is older-- my mother or my grandmother?
Évidemment, ma grand-mère est plus vieille.
Obviously, my grandmother is older.
Et qui est plus vieux, mon père ou ma mère?
Tu as besoin de plus d’ information. Do you need more information?
Mon père a quarante-deux ans, et ma mère a trente-neuf ans.
Forty-two is older than thirty-nine.
Alors, qui est plus vieux?
Mon père est plus vieux!
Bravo!
Now try answering a question about who is younger?
Qui est plus jeune? Ma soeur ou ma tante?
Bien sûr! Ma soeur est plus jeune!
Of course, my sister is younger!
Voilà mon oncle et ma tante.
Here are my uncle and my aunt.
Mon oncle a cinquante-cinq ans, et ma tante a cinquante-six ans.
Fifty-five is younger than fifty-six.
Alors (so), qui est plus jeune?
Mon oncle est plus jeune.
Très bien!
J’ai une petite soeur et un petit frère.
Mon petit frère a deux mois. Il est bébé.
Qui est plus jeune?
Mon petit frère est plus jeune.
Excellent!
J’ai un chien et un chat.
Mon chien a douze ans, et mon chat a huit ans.
Twelve is older than eight.
Qui est plus jeune?
Mon chat est plus jeune.
Mais mon chien est plus sympathique!
Je te presente mes cousins.
Qui est plus jeune? Ma cousine ou mon cousin?
Mon cousin est plus jeune.
Ma cousine est plus vieille.
In your family, who is older? Ton père ou ta mère?
And who is younger? Toi ou ton frère ou ta soeur? You can use plus or moins with any adjective you have learned so far to make comparisons between people or animals.
Qui est le plus grand? Who is the tallest?
Le père est le plus grand.
Qui est le plus petit? Who is the smallest?
Le chien est le plus petit.
Qui est plus sympathique? Toi ou ta mère?
Qui est plus active? Toi ou ton père?
Get ready to practice all the ways to describe your family and friends using the comparison words plus and moins.
Bonne chance! Good luck! Et bon travail!
Qui est plus grand? Toi ou ton père? Who is taller? You or your father? Think about all the different comparisons you can make between your family members and friends. More intelligent? Less interesting? More talkative? Less shy? Meaner? Older? Younger? In this lesson, we’ll use adjectives you already know and learn a few more so that you can describe your people using comparisons.
Question
How do you say Who is older in French?
Qui est plus vieux?
