Re: as...as

>I wonder how natlangs and conlangs would translate sentences such as:
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>"He ran as fast as he could ..."
>
>"She was as old as he was."

Kash (conlang), tentative:  yayama huluñ krat huluñi
ya-yama huluN  krat  huluN-ni
3s-run    fast    most fast-3s,poss

Not sure about No. 2.  One way:  nile  ikuwa pehañi  (or....pehanashni)?
nile    i-kuwa    pehan-ni          ~  pehan-sh-ni
3p,dat.  3pl-equal  year-3p,poss~year-pl-their
(they could be of any age, but the same)

Another:  ne yakuwa yamarok yañan
 ne    ya-kuwa     ya-marok   yam-yan
3s,dat. 3s-equal  3s-elderly    with-3s,acc
(they are the same age, but elderly)