A2Grammar
Mein Bruder ist so alt wie ich.
My brother is as old as I am.
In German
Mein Bruder ist so alt wie ich.
mine broo-der ist zo alt vee ish
🇬🇧 English
My brother is as old as I am.
🇪🇸 Español
Mi hermano es tan mayor como yo.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Mio fratello ha la mia stessa età.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Mein | My | Possessive pronoun |
| Bruder | Brother | Noun |
| ist | is | Verb |
| so | as | Adverb of comparison |
| alt | old | Adjective |
| wie | as | Conjunction of comparison |
| ich | I | Personal pronoun |
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Grammar Point
Comparison with 'so...wie' for age
Variations
Wir sind gleich alt.
We are the same age.
Er und ich haben das gleiche Alter.
He and I have the same age.
Related
The weather isn't quite as nice today as it was yesterday.
Das Wetter ist heute nicht ganz so schön wie gestern.
das vet-ter ist hoy-te nisht gants zo shon vee ges-tern
Could you please be a little less loud?
Könntest du bitte etwas weniger laut sein?
kuhn-test doo bit-teh et-vas veh-nee-ger lowt zine
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