Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide

Él tenía mucho sentido del humor. He had a good sense of humour. Barcelona tiene un clima templado. Barcelona has a temperate cl ...

36.3 Describing a state or condition 36.3.1 To refer to a state or condition of the subject noun, instead of to its properties, ...

El niño está grande. The child is big (he is bigger than when I last saw him). La ciudad estaba muy sucia. The city was very dir ...

36.7 Describing facts or information To describe facts or information in subjective terms, as seen by the speaker, we use ser ra ...

To describe the weather at a particular point in time we can also use estar+ adjective: Hoy está caluroso. Today is warm. Ayer e ...

37 Making comparisons This chapter examines all the main constructions used by Spanish speakers to compare things. For ease of r ...

37.1.2 Más+ adverb +que/Menos+ adverb +que We may also compare adverbs, that is words like despacio, ‘slow’, fácilmente, ‘easily ...

España tiene menos inmigrantes que Inglaterra. Spain has fewer immigrants than England. 37.1.5 Verb +más que/Verb +menos que Com ...

37.1.8 Más/menos de+ numerals In comparisons involving numerals, use más/menos de Faltan menos de tres semanas para la Navidad. ...

37.2.3 Verb +tanto+como If we are comparing two subjects in terms of an action (i.e. a verb), use this construction with tanto c ...

(f) Common expressions of equality Blanco como la nieve. As white as snow. Negro como el carbón. As black as coal. 37.3 Comparin ...

(c) With possessive adjectives Mi más sentido pésame. My deepest sympathy.
^10 (p. 42);^40 (p. 237); 63.1.1 (p. 358) Comparing ...

38 Expressing existence and availability In this chapter dealing with existence and availability you will learn the Spanish equi ...

¿Habría suficiente tiempo? Would there be enough time? Espero que haya tiempo. I hope there is time. Noha habido problemas. Ther ...

¿Existe Dios? Does God exist?
 25.1.11.2 (p. 123) 38.2 Describing facilities To ask and say what facilities there are in a pla ...

¿Tiene una habitación doble? Have you got a double room? Sí, tenemos. Yes, we have. ¿Tiene un coche disponible? Have you a car a ...

39 Expressing location and distance This chapter examines all the various expressions used in Spanish to refer to location and d ...

Por favor, ¿la calle de Alcalá? (Where is) Alcalá street, please? 39.1.2 Encontrarse, hallarse These two verbs, both meaning ‘to ...

¿En qué parte estuvieron? Where/whereabouts were they? ¿En qué lugar de Andalucía está Sevilla? In which part of Andalusia is Se ...

some other notion, for example distance (see 39.4). Here are some of the most important:
^25 (p. 116) 39.3.1 A
 25.1.1.4 (p. ...