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J’aime mieux la campagne que la ville. ― I prefer the country to the town.
J’aimerais encore mieux ne plus jamais en parler. ― I'd rather not talk about it ever again.
N’aimeriez-vous pas mieux le voir par vous-même ? ― Wouldn't you rather see it for yourself?
J’aime bien mieux savoir que de croire. ― I prefer knowing to believing.
Est-ce que tu aimerais mieux que je le fasse ? ― Would you ratherI did it?
Usage notes
The comparative adverbial element mieux can be rendered superlative (aimer le mieux(“to most prefer, i.e., to like best”)) or modified by certain intensifying adverbs:
aimer bien mieux(“to much prefer”)
aimer encore mieux(“to prefer even more”)
aimer beaucoup mieux(“to much prefer”)
etc.
If aimer has a direct-object complement:
no preposition or conjunction is needed to introduce a nominal or infinitive verbal complement;
que is used to introduce a complement consisting of a subjunctive verbal element or a prepositional locution.
If mieux has a complement of comparison, that complement can be marked in different ways depending on its contents:
que introduces a complement consisting of nominal or pronominal elements;
que de introduces a complement consisting of an infinitive verbal element
note that de can optionally be omitted, however, this may slightly alter the meaning;
que si can be used to introduce a complement consisting of a verbal element conjugated in personal form.
^ Maurice Grevisse, André Goosse, editors (1936), Le bon usage (in French), 14th edition, De Boeck Duculot, Éditions De Boeck Université, published 2008, →ISBN, §1131 c 2º, page 1473
^ Maurice Grevisse, André Goosse, editors (1936), Le bon usage (in French), 14th edition, De Boeck Duculot, Éditions De Boeck Université, published 2008, →ISBN, §1131 R2, page 1473