Buying a computer · Using more with longer adjectives

Using more with longer adjectives in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Using more with longer adjectives.

Add er to many short adjectives for comparison and use more with many longer adjectives. Put than before the second option.

Context: Buying a computer. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

This laptop is lighter than my old one.

هذا الحاسوب المحمول أخف من حاسوبي القديم.

Its screen is brighter, but it is slightly smaller.

شاشته أكثر سطوعًا، لكنها أصغر قليلًا.

The other model is more expensive.

الطراز الآخر أغلى ثمنًا.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: This laptop is lighter than my old one.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: الطراز الآخر أغلى ثمنًا.