Hi!
"David J. Peterson" <dedalvs@...> writes:
> ... It doesn't look like he mentions
> languages that use a word like "surpasses/exceeds". I can't think
> of a natlang off hand, but it's something like:
>
> The man surpasses the boy in girth.
>...
Mandarin? Not exactly, but it uses the verb _bi3_ 'to compare':
Shang4hai3 bi3 Bei3jing1 da4.
Shanghai compare Beijing large.
'Shanghai is larger than Beijing.'
Ma1ma zhu3 de fan4 bi3 wo3 de hao3 chi1.
Mother cook 's food compare I 's good eat
lit. 'Food mother cooks exceeds mine in tastyness.'
'Food prepared by my mother tastes better than mine.'
**Henrik