Re: Degrees of comparation

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From: "Sally Caves" <scaves@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: Degrees of comparation


> Teonaht also has an equative, "as beautiful as,"
> and it is developing what I call an "alterative":
> "other beautiful than."  Meaning "beautiful in
> a different way."  I wanted Teonaht to be able
> to express other than binary oppositions in its
> basic grammar.  Do other natlangs have this
> concept in the comparative?
>
> ABSOLUTE:
> zef androfaiht,
>         "comely, handsome man."
>
> EQUATIVE:
> zef hdo androfaiht
>         "as, so, how handsome a man"
> ta der hdo androfaiht zef-li
>         "a man as handsome as he."
>         (lit: "as him so handsome the man")
The feature exists in Maltese!

hu iebes ghuda
it hard  wood
It is hard as stone

tusun  kien abjad silg
fleece was  white snow
it's fleece was white as snow

--
Fabian
ghajn f'wicc ikhal ra ghajn f'wicc ahdar
dak l-ghajn jisbah dan l-ghajn
qal l-ghajn l-ewwel
imma baxx, mhux gholi