"My grandmother cooks better than my wife."

Translation: Moja babcia gotuje lepiej niż moja żona.

[Stefan411810]

said the divorced man

[chce_polski]

When do you use lepiej vs lepszej?

[alik1989]

Lepiej is a comparative adverb, and forms of lepszy are comparative adjectives.

Moja babcia dobrze gotuje. On gotuje lepiej niż moja żona. My grandmother cooks well. She cooks better than my wife.

Moja babcia jest dobra w gotowaniu. Ona jest w tym lepsza niż moja żona. My grandmother is good at cooking. She is better at it than my wife.

[Nhcuongplus]

Why "Moja babcia lepiej gotuje niż moja żona" doesn't work?

[immery]

I couldn't find the rule, but my guess would be that you shouln't separate lepiej(adjective)+niż/od+compared thing(moja żona)

[BrakU7]

because "better than" it's "lepiej niż" and it can't be separated

[Achim349471]

It sounds more natural to me to leave out the second 'moja'. Am i wrong?

[Jellei]

I think it's the same as "My grandma... as the wife". It seems a bit risky to me.

[Achim349471]

Haha - I think that it is generally a risky thing to say.