French Grammar – He is older than twenty eight years old 🇫🇷

Que

Comparison, use plus que.

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Que

Que can become qu’ with a noun starting with a vowel but qui can’t.

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Il a plus ____ vingt-huit ans

explanations: In French, when comparing two quantities or expressing a comparison, the word “que” is used. It translates to “than” in English. In the given sentence, “Il a plus que vingt-huit ans,” the word “plus” means “more” or “older,” and “que” serves as the comparative conjunction. Therefore, the sentence is translated as “He is older than twenty eight years old.”

additional information:
– In comparative constructions, the word order in French is different from English. Instead of saying “older than twenty eight years old,” the French equivalent is “plus vieux/vieille que vingt-huit ans,” but the word “vieux” (old) is often dropped in colloquial speech.

– The comparative conjunction “que” is used after the adjective or adverb expressing the comparison (in this case, “plus”).

– It is important to remember that the comparative construction requires a verb or adjective/adverb to express the comparison. In this case, the verb “avoir” (to have) is used in conjunction with the adjective “plus” to compare the age.

– The word “que” agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun that follows it. In this sentence, since “ans” (years) is plural and masculine, the word “que” remains unchanged.

– If the sentence were to express the opposite comparison (i.e., younger than), the word “moins” would be used instead of “plus.” For example, “Il a moins que vingt-huit ans” would mean “He is younger than twenty eight years old.”

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