A2Grammar
Dieses Buch ist so interessant wie das andere.
This book is as interesting as the other one.
In German
Dieses Buch ist so interessant wie das andere.
dee-ses booch ist zo in-te-re-sant vee das an-de-re
🇬🇧 English
This book is as interesting as the other one.
🇪🇸 Español
Este libro es tan interesante como el otro.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Questo libro è interessante quanto l'altro.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dieses | This | Demonstrative pronoun |
| Buch | Book | Noun |
| ist | is | Verb |
| so | as | Adverb of comparison |
| interessant | interesting | Adjective |
| wie | as | Conjunction of comparison |
| das | the | Definite article |
| andere | other | Adjective |
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Grammar Point
Comparison with 'so...wie'
Variations
Dieses Buch ist genauso interessant wie das andere.
This book is just as interesting as the other one.
Das andere Buch ist nicht so interessant wie dieses.
The other book is not as interesting as this one.
Related
The new smartphone isn't as big as the old one.
Das neue Smartphone ist nicht so groß wie das alte.
das noy-eh smart-fohn ist nisht zo grohs vee das al-teh
I prefer to drink coffee over tea.
Ich trinke lieber Kaffee als Tee.
ish trin-keh lee-ber kah-fey als tay
My girlfriend is as smart as I am.
Meine Freundin ist so klug wie ich.
my-neh froynt-in ist zo kloog vee ish