čim ... tem

Linked Comparisons

Level 6

Čim ... tem links two changing quantities or degrees: as one increases or decreases, the other changes.

How It Works

Čim ... tem links two changing quantities or degrees: as one increases or decreases, the other changes. Comparative forms appear in both parts.

Build two comparative clauses: čim več berem sets one scale and tem več razumem sets the linked scale. The pairing is not a conditional če. A decrease can be expressed too, as in čim manj ... tem manj.

Examples (3)

  1. Čim več berem, tem več razumem.

    The more I read, the more I understand.

  2. Čim prej začnemo, tem prej končamo.

    The sooner we start, the sooner we finish.

  3. Čim višje gremo, tem hladneje je.

    The higher we go, the colder it is.

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Learn This First

Compare degrees before linking two changing scales.