Re: as...as

aniye David (të i hítil saryándo)

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



 As in Amman Iar, adjectives have four degrees, positive, comparative, equative, and superlative. 

sícïe "fast"
 compartive:  sícïo  (< sikk-eye-yo) 
 equative: sícïevë   
 superlative: sícïesso/sícïel (both are possible, with little difference in meaning) 

sénëa "old" 
 comparative: sénïo (< sen-aya-yo)
 equative: sénëavë 
 superlative: séndo (HS irr.) sénëal/sénëasso

Elliott