noun + verb + comparative degree + than I thought


What are the Japanese constructions to express the following English formula?

**noun + verb + comparative degree + than I thought**

E.g.

_Today is colder than I thought._

_This works better than I thought._

Is it possible to say?

今日は思ったより寒いです。

これは思ったより上手く行く。




You got the good idea, but you just have to be careful to not make logical or
verb tense mistakes.

For example,

> 思ったより上手く行く

Should probably be

> 思ったより上手くいった。-> It went better than expected.  
>  思ったより上手くいっている。-> It is going better than expected.

Right now you are expressing present/future tense, which doesn't fit well with
your thought in the past. You could say it like that though.

> 思っているより上手くいくでしょ。-> It's probably gonna go better than your are thinking.

As for talking about things like the weather, you might want to use words like
予定 instead of 思い. There is a certain nuance between what you think and what is
planned.




You got the good idea, but you just have to be careful to not make logical or
verb tense mistakes.

For example,

> 思ったより上手く行く

Should probably be

> 思ったより上手くいった。-> It went better than expected.  
>  思ったより上手くいっている。-> It is going better than expected.

Right now you are expressing present/future tense, which doesn't fit well with
your thought in the past. You could say it like that though.

> 思っているより上手くいくでしょ。-> It's probably gonna go better than your are thinking.

As for talking about things like the weather, you might want to use words like
予定 instead of 思い. There is a certain nuance between what you think and what is
planned.

