Re: as...as
| From: | The Gray Wizard <dbell@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 11, 2001, 18:45 |
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> From: Daniel44
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> I wonder how natlangs and conlangs would translate sentences such as:
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> "He ran as fast as he could ..."
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> "She was as old as he was."
In amman iar this is the 'Equative degree' of an adjective, one of four
degrees, positive, equative, comparative and superlative.
positive caril mabeleg = big hat
equative caril galdranion mabelegos = as big as Galdor's hat
comparative caril galdranion mabelegol - bigger than Galdor's hat
superlative i caril mabelegon = the biggest hat
David
David E. Bell
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