Re: Word orders in comparative constructions
| From: | Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 19:30 |
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> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
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>> 3. How does your conlang form explicit comparatives?
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Kash: correctly, with a verbal form modified by _lavi_ 'more' (or _omban_
'less')
çenji lavi yavital alo ereki
name more 3-tall from(=than) name+gen.
Shenji is taller than Erek.
colloquially:
vitalni çenji lavi alo ereki
tall-poss. ç. more than e.
With a pronoun:
çenji lavi yavital aloni/ alomi/ aloti
Sh. is taller than him/her, than me, than you
It can get complicated:
ç. lavi yavital alo pilani (pila 'think'+poss.) 'Sh. is taller than he
(Shenji) thinks'
ç. lavi yavital alo re yapila ~pilani 'Sh. is taller than he(other) thinks'
(using _re_ shows change of subject)
Superlatives use _krat_ 'most' (or _imik_ 'least')
mina krat yavirik alo yunoni
name most 3-pretty (alo) all+poss.
Mina is the prettiest of all (of them)
A lot more detail can be found in section 6.2. of the Syntax,
http://cinduworld.tripod.com/kashsyntax.htm
Prevli and Gwr, alas, are not yet ready for prime time......
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