The document discusses comparisons of equality in Spanish using "tan" and "tanto". It provides examples of their use with adjectives and adverbs using "tan...como" and with verbs using "tanto...como". While "tanto" is an adverb when used with verbs, it can also function as an adjective agreeing in gender and number with the noun it modifies, taking the forms of "tanto", "tanta", "tantos", or "tantas".

1. Comparisons of equality
(Las comparaciones de igualdad)

2. tan + adjetivo o adverbio + como
as + adjective or adverb + as
• Joaquín es tan amable como Roberto.
Joaquín is as nice as Roberto.
• María habla tan despacio como su hermana.
María speaks as slowly as her sister.
verbo + tanto + como
verb + as much + as
• Alberto estudia tanto como Manuel.
Alberto studies as much as Manuel.
With these usages, tan and tanto both function as adverbs
and are therefore, like all adverbs, invariable.
adjective
adverb
verb

3. es tan pequeña comoEsta casa ésa.
with an adjective
tan . . . como (as . . . as)

4. baila tan bien comoDora Ricardo.
with an adverb
tan . . . como (as . . . as)
Dora
Ricardo

5. tanto como (as much as)
habla tanto comoMarilú su papá.
Blah,
blah, blah
Blah,
blah, blah
When used with a verb, tanto is an adverb and is
therefore invariable.
with a verb, tan → tanto

6. 1. tanto + masc. sing. noun + como
• Arturo compra tanto queso como su hermano.
Arturo buys as much cheese as his brother.
However, tanto can also function as an adjective. Since its
base form ends in o, it is a four-form adjective that agrees in
gender and number with the noun it modifies.
2. tanta + fem. sing. noun + como
• Tú tienes tanta paciencia como Eugenio.
You have as much patience as Eugenio.
3. tantos + masc. pl. noun + como
• Marta tiene tantos amigos como ustedes.
Marta has as many friends as you (all).
4. tantas + fem. pl. noun + como
• Paquito come tantas enchiladas como su papá.
Paquito eats as many enchiladas as his dad.

7. tanto . . . como (as much . . . as)
tiene tanto dinero como
Teodoro.
with a masculine singular noun
Arturo
¡Tengo tanto dinero como tú!
Arturo
Teodoro

8. tanta . . . como (as much . . . as)
come tanta comida como
sus padres.
with a feminine singular noun
Juanito
Juanito
los padres de Juanito

9. tantos . . . como (as many . . . as)
tiene tantos globos comoAndrés
Lucas.
with a masculine plural noun
AndrésLucas

10. tantas . . . como (as many . . . as)
lee tantas novelas comoMariana Laura.
with a feminine plural noun
Mariana Laura

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