Re: I came in late.

"From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" wrote:
> engl :
> he is taller than she is.
> jap :
> he is tall depending_on-her.
> (kare wa kanojo-yori sagatakai)
>
> very strange : logically "compared-to" is not
> needed since "segatakai" is already comparative.
> but that's life.
Do you mean that "segatakai" means "he is taller"?  If so, then it
sounds like Japanese *does* have a superlative.

> he is number-one tall.
> (kare wa ichiban segatakai)
Sounds like a superlative to me, unless you want to say that "most tall"
isn't a superlative.

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