"You have more food than the woman."

Translation: Έχεις περισσότερο φαγητό από την γυναίκα.

[la_flame_97]

so I've seen "πιο" instead of "περισσοτερο" used before (not on duolingo) is there a difference in when to use one or the other?

[troll1995]

Πιο comes before an adjective to form the periphrastic comparative. You can't use it before nouns. For example:
Είμαι όμορφος=I am beautiful, είμαι πιο όμορφος από εσένα=I am more beautiful than you, είμαι ομορφότερος από εσένα=I am more beautiful than you (one-word comparative)
But:
Έχω φαγητό=I have food, έχω πολύ φαγητό=I have much food, έχω περισσότερο φαγητό=I have more food (περισσότερο is the one-word comparative of πολύ), έχω πιο πολύ φαγητό=I have more food (Πιο πολύ is the periphrastic comparative of Πολύ)

[ClaireShep8]

Yes, I had seen this before and thought περισσοτερο meant "better" (that is when I was learning by myself in Greece). Thanks for the explanation troll1995

[Sophisteiai]

This sentence translates as: Έχεις περισσότερο φαγητό από τη γυναίκα. OR Έχεις περισσότερη τροφή από τη γυναίκα. (food= φαγητό,τροφή). However upon inputing περισσότερη τροφή, I got an error and a correction περισσότερο τροφή. This is wrong, the comparative here is an adjective, as a result it should be inflected to agree with the noun (τροφή= Accusative singular, feminine). Also the terms πιο πολύ φαγητό or πιο πολλή τροφή are correct here.

[DianaWard7]

Could you please add Εσύ έχεις περισσότερο φαγητό από την γυναίκα? It was marked incorrect.

[Bohuslav1]

Why is γυναίκα in the accusative? Wouldn't that mean "you have more food than [you have] the woman" If it is "you have more food than the woman has", shouldn't it be nominative?

[Sophisteiai]

A bit late to comment, but the greek prepositions από can only be followed by a nominal term (noun, pronoun, adjective, participle) in the accusative and, rarer, in the genitive case. In particular in comparisons, you will almost always find από+accusative (the genitive is considered an idiom).

[Bohuslav1]

And a bit late to spot your comment - but thanks for the reply. I've advanced a bit since I wrote that!