Look at these examples:
Note that to use more and more and less and less in French, it goes as follows:
| English | French |
|
more and more [adjective] [adjective]-er and [adjective]-er |
de plus en plus [adjectif] |
|
less and less [adjective] |
de moins en moins [adjectif] |
|
more and more [adverb] less and less [adverb] |
de plus en plus [adverbe] de moins en moins [adverbe] |
|
[verb] more and more [verb] less and less |
[verbe] de plus en plus [verbe] de moins en moins |
Attention:
De plus en plus/De moins en moins (on their own) cannot be placed at the beginning of the sentence, unlike in English:
More and more, I knew what I wanted.
De plus en plus, je savais ce que je voulais.
-> Je savais de plus en plus ce que je voulais.
More and more, I knew what I wanted.
De plus en plus, je savais ce que je voulais.
-> Je savais de plus en plus ce que je voulais.
See also Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (comparisons),
Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
and De plus en plus de and de moins en moins de = more and more and less and less (comparisons of nouns)
Here are other Comparative structures:
Making comparisons with adjectives: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with adverbs: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with verbs: plus que, autant que, moins que
Making comparisons with nouns: plus de... que, moins de... que, autant de... que
And Superlative structures:
Le, la, les plus and le, la, les moins = the most and the least (superlatives of adjectives)
Le plus and le moins = the most and the least (superlative of adverbs)
Forming the superlative of adjectives in complex cases
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
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