Re: Comparatives (Difficult?!)

On 6/5/07, Carsten Becker <carbeck@...> wrote:
> French (TMBK):
Do you mean "TTBOMK" (to the best of my knowledge)?

>   Il a   mis cinq jours plus long qu'il   ... [???]
>   It has put five days  more long that-it ... [???]
My guess would be "Il a fallu cinq jours plus long qu'il fallait" -
"it has required five days more long that-it required".

Or if "mettre" is the correct verb, perhaps "Il a mis cinq jours plus
long qu'il fallait mettre" (it has put five days more long that-it
required to.put).

IANANS, but in Modern Greek I would guess

Ήθελε     πέντε μέρες περισσότερες απ'  ό,τι     θα έπρεπε
It-wanted five  days  more(f.pl)   from whatever it.should

with the curious ό,τι with comma in the middle. (The only word in
Modern Greek that has it.)

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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