Re: Comparison of adjectives (was Re: Reviving an old tradition)

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:04:12 +0200, taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-
conlang@...> wrote:
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> * Jörg Rhiemeier said on 2006-04-20 22:39:45 +0200
> > On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:22:38 -0400, Jeffrey Jones wrote:
> > > I don't have any translations, but I'm always interested in seeing
> > > how comparisons are done. Also equatives, superlatives etc. I'm
> > > trying to figure out how "Delta" does these.
>
> Thank's for starting the topic, Jeff and Jörg.
You're welcome :)

> Comparison happens to be one of the subjects that the otherwise
> excellent _Describing Morphosyntax_ by T. Payne completely neglects
> to even mention, so, gentle readers, bookmark this thread!
I think the comparative for "Delta" is now worked out:
kittxa hale tu-patta tu-hazla
hot compared_to Def-potato Def-pepper
"The peppers are hotter than the potatoes."

fo-kulpi-k tu-hazla kittxa hale tu-patta
Pst-eat-1S Def-pepper hot compared_to Def-potato
"I ate the peppers that were hotter than the potatoes."
These don't use any special comparative form.

Slightly OT, I think I might have interrogatives also:
la-ntla tu-kulpi-m
Ina-Int Def-eat-2S
"What are you eating?"
Note that the predicate follows the subject and must be definite.

Jeff

> AFMCL, in Taruven, comparison is *rather* complex, though far from as
> complex as Ithkuil.
>
> If you prefer a webpage you can find the below on
> <http://taliesin.nvg.org/taruven/statives.html>
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> t.
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