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Re: Equatives?

From:Aidan Grey <grey@...>
Date:Monday, March 10, 2003, 20:02
Sally cande:
>Absolute: nemta laz (cloud white, i.e., a "white cloud.") >Equative: ta nemta hdo laz (like a cloud as white.) >Comparative: ta nemta maka laz (than a cloud more white) >Superlative: ta nemtan hse laz (of clouds most white) >Alterative: ta nemta uor laz (from cloud a different kind of white, > a different kind of white from that of a cloud.) > >Teonaht also has a "just the right amount" of something in the adverb _no~_: > no~ mohsa, "just big enough," no~ aista, "work enough." >While it suggests equitability, it is not quite the equative. It's >something that's good enough for the task at hand.
I like both the alterative and this no~particle - I'm gonna steal them. But could I get an example (or two) of the alterative in a sentence? Aidan

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