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Adjectives<br />

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Note the grammatical diff<strong>er</strong>ence between the two sentences:<br />

Margo is het oudst. The sup<strong>er</strong>lative is used as predicate adjective.<br />

Margo is de oudste. The sup<strong>er</strong>lative is used as attributive adjective, the<br />

noun is implied (Margo is de oudste vrouw).<br />

Now look at the similarities, and see how the adjectives are used:<br />

Sanne en Margo drinken evenveel kopjes koffie p<strong>er</strong> dag (the same<br />

amount).<br />

Sanne drinkt evenveel koffie p<strong>er</strong> dag als Margo.<br />

Het huis van Carina is even groot als het huis van Margo ( just as<br />

big as).<br />

De huizen van Carina en Margo zijn even groot.<br />

Margo sport net zo vaak als Carina ( just as often as).<br />

Margo en Carina sporten even vaak.<br />

Note: To express that two or more things are not diff<strong>er</strong>ent, but similar,<br />

we use the words even...als, net zo ...alsand even ....The adjective<br />

can be a predicate adjective or an attributive adjective, although the<br />

latt<strong>er</strong> is less common in this form, and the v<strong>er</strong>b is implied (examples 2<br />

and 4). Compare:<br />

1 Predicate: Mijn huis is even groot als het jouwe.<br />

2 Attributive: Ik heb een even groot huis als jij (hebt).<br />

3 Predicate: De auto van Erik is net zo duur als die van de buurman.<br />

4 Attributive: Erik heeft een net zo dure auto als de buurman (heeft).<br />

The comparative with hoe . . . hoe . . . and<br />

hoe . . . des te . . .<br />

This construction is used to show a positive correlation between two<br />

entities, similar to English the more ...the more. ...Examples:<br />

Hoe me<strong>er</strong> je sport, hoe st<strong>er</strong>k<strong>er</strong> je wordt. The more you ex<strong>er</strong>cise, the<br />

strong<strong>er</strong> you get.<br />

Hoe me<strong>er</strong> je sport, des te st<strong>er</strong>k<strong>er</strong> je wordt/Hoe me<strong>er</strong> je sport, des te<br />

st<strong>er</strong>k<strong>er</strong> word je.<br />

Note that the sentence with des te can be a subordinated sentence with<br />

the v<strong>er</strong>b at the end, or the v<strong>er</strong>b can follow the comparative adjective.<br />

The sentences beginning with hoe are all subordinated sentences. The

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