Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – に比べ（て）(ni kurabete)

Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – に比べ（て）(ni kurabete)
Here is Japanese N3 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 textbook.

23. ～に比べ（て）
a. Meaning: compared with ~

b. Connection: noun

昼間に比べて深夜は電器料金が安い。
Hiruma ni kurabete shin’ya wa denki ryōkin ga yasui.
Electricity is cheaper late at night compared with midday.

今年は例年に比べ、寒さが厳しいそうだ。
Kotoshi wa reinen ni kurabe, samu-sa ga kibishī-sōda.
Compared with other years, this year seems very cold.

女性のほうが男性に比べ平均寿命の長い国が多い。
Josei no hō ga dansei ni kurabe heikin jumyō no nagai kuni ga ōi.
In many countries women have a longer average life expectancy than men.

「私は話すのに比べて書く力が弱いんです」
`Watashi wa hanasu no ni kurabete kaku chikara ga yowai ndesu’
My writing is weaker compared with my speaking.