"My mother is shorter than me."

Translation: 母はわたしよりせがひくいです。

[PIEROS16]

shouldn't 私より母は背が低いです be correct as well?

[Miro839815]

Worked for me

[haomaru87]

母は私より背が低いです。

[Conundrum89]

Can someone explain this structure to me? I was expecting:
わたしより母のもうが近いです

[takenby1]

Talking about a person's height requires 背 (せ) as in 背が低い (せがひくい、is short) or 背が高い (せがたかい、is tall).

[irdmflre]

のほう＊ and yes, I was expecting the same

[Conundrum89]

Er, 短い not 近い

[Yaser595449]

Is there a reason we can't start with 'watashi yori haha wa'?

[mocky55]

わたしより母の方がせがひくいです。is the correct answer?
But I wasn't given a '方' to put in there.
I really wanted to write;私より母は背が低いです。
I think that should be good too shouldn't it?

[e.freed.2432]

Both are correct.　I think the first one maybe emphasizes the difference a bit more, since it says that you are less short AND your mother is more short?　It accepted both of those answers for me.

[MichaelOst466902]

Same here after two months. I wasn't given a '方', too

[SOPhiA_TMK]

My mother should be "わたしの母", I think

[Nyoro7]

It's implied

[MarkSmith148943]

How about 私よりも母のせの方が低いです.
I just guessed this sentence- only ever seen comparison using yorimo and nohouga.