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Re: The...the...

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 23:25
Charlie wrote:
> How do you express the concept "the...the..." as in "the more, the > merrier" in your conlangs.
I think Kash just uses _lavi_ 'more'-- lavi yayama, lavi yaçupori more 3s-run more 3s-get.tired The more he ran, the more tired he got. or colloquially: lavi yamani, lavi porini more run-his more tired-his lavi marokmi, lavi cakacuta more age-my more overcome.by.forgetting The older I get/am, the more forgetful. (One could also, of course, use _omban_ 'less') FWIW, Indonesian uses a word _makin....makin..._ basic meaning "increasingly, the more"; it's essentially limited to this construction.