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Chapter 22: Conjunctions

  22.32 je ... desto = the ... the

Examples
Je mehr Geld er hat, desto geiziger wird er.
= The more money he has the meaner he gets.
Je mehr er lernt, desto mehr weiß er.
= The more he studies the more he knows.
Je intelligenter man ist, desto mehr Probleme sieht man.
= The more intelligent one is the more problem one sees.
Je höher die Früchte, desto schöner sind sie.
= The higher the fruits the more beautiful they are.
Je weniger man arbeitet, desto weniger verdient man.
= The less one works the less one earns.
Je weniger du tust, desto weniger Fehler machst du.
= The less you do the fewer mistakes you make.
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