"Cheap food is hotter than expensive food."
Translation:싼 음식은 비싼 음식보다 뜨겁습니다.
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싼 음식은 비싼 음식보다 뜨겁습니다
The pattern here is:
X은 Y보다 *Aㅂ니다*
X is more A than Y.
Another example (guess where it is from):
아침보다 더 눈부신 more dazzling than the morning
In the explanation of this lesson they said this is fine as long as X is marked with 가/이, like "Y보다 X가/이 Aㅂ니다"
I put, "싼 음식은 비싼 음식보다 뜨거워요." but it marked it as incorrect? I'm not sure what the difference is here, if someone would care to explain it would be very appreciated :/
Doesn't it literally mean something like "Different from expensive food cheap food is hot" And not "hotter" since there is no 더 before 뜨겁습니다?
Closer to "Expensive food sees cheap food as hot."
[Noun]+보다 already makes a comparison, but you can add the intensifier 더 for additional emphasis and clarity.
Actually this is a good question. Is it just some kind of rule, that it always means "more than" if you don't put 덜 before the verb?
Is it wrong to add 더 before 뜨겁습니다? I thought that was how you say "hottER"
I’m so confused? Here I’m told that I HAVE to use “은” but for “hot tea is cheaper than cold tea” I HAVE to use “가”?
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Can anyone explain the difference between using 은/는 and 이/가 particles when using -보다? The exercise comparing hot tea and cold tea requires 이/가 particles while this exercise comparing expensive food and cheap food requires 은/는 particles, I can't seem to find a rule to know which particles to use when.
Does 음식은 here refer to some particular food? I was wondering if we could use 음식이 and if the meaning would change if we did that.