Re: as...as

Henrik Theiling wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Robert Hailman <robert@...> writes:
> > Daniel44 wrote:
> > > "He ran as fast as he could ..."
> >
> > In German, anyways, they use, if I'm not mistaken, "so" and "wie" to
> > replace the two "as"es.
> >
> > Er laeuft so schnell wie... urk. My German is terrible, I can't even
> > finish the sentance.
>
> `Er läuft so schnell wie er kann.'
>
> For this, there is a shorter form, too:
>
> `Er läuft so schnell er kann.'
Ah. I wasn't sure which verb to use, and I knew somone'd correct me.
That's what I get for sleeping in German class, to be sure. :-) I didn't
know about the shorter form at all though, that's interesting.

> > I know German uses "so" and "wie" when there's no verb in the after the
> > second "as", at least; "She's as fat as a cow." would be something like
> > "Sie ist so fett wie ein Kuhe." or something like that.
>
> ...wie eine Kuh.
Right. I should know that, too. Again, that's what I get for sleeping in
German class.

> The shorter form is not possible here.
>
> But otherwise, the explanations are perfect. :-)
:-) At least I can pride myself on that much. I wasn't sure about the
case where there was a verb. It's good to know that.

Hmm. Y'know, until I actually try to use it for anything beyond the
simplest of sentances, I can give people the impression my German is
somewhat decent. ;-)

--
Robert