A2Grammar
Das Restaurant ist nicht so teuer wie ich dachte.
The restaurant isn't as expensive as I thought.
In German
Das Restaurant ist nicht so teuer wie ich dachte.
das res-to-rang ist nisht zo toy-er vee ish dakh-teh
🇬🇧 English
The restaurant isn't as expensive as I thought.
🇪🇸 Español
El restaurante no es tan caro como pensaba.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Il ristorante non è così costoso come pensavo.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Das | The | Definite article |
| Restaurant | Restaurant | Noun |
| ist | is | Verb |
| nicht | not | Negation |
| so | as | Adverb of comparison |
| teuer | expensive | Adjective |
| wie | as | Conjunction of comparison |
| ich | I | Personal pronoun |
| dachte | thought | Verb |
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Grammar Point
Negative comparison with 'nicht so...wie'
Variations
Das Restaurant ist günstiger, als ich erwartet habe.
The restaurant is cheaper than I expected.
Ich hatte es teurer in Erinnerung.
I remembered it being more expensive.
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Who among you can run the fastest?
Wer von euch kann am schnellsten laufen?
ver fon oykh kan am shnel-sten low-fen
I don't have quite as much money as my friends.
Ich habe nicht ganz so viel Geld wie meine Freunde.
ish hah-beh nisht gants zo feel gelt vee my-neh froy-n-deh
I like broccoli the least.
Am wenigsten mag ich Brokkoli.
am veh-nee-gsten mahk ish bro-ko-lee