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Comparative constructions compare two things relative to each other. | Comparative constructions compare two things relative to each other. | ||
The general form of a comparison is the quality being compared, the type of comparison and then what is being | The general form of a comparison is the quality being compared, the type of comparison and then what is being compared to. | ||
compared to. | |||
The types of comparisons are: | The types of comparisons are: | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''''stai''''' || more | | '''''[[Contionary: stai|stai]]''''' || more | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''''thle''''' || as much as, equal | | '''''[[Contionary: thle|thle]]''''' || as much as, equal | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''''yuhnee''''' || less | | '''''[[Contionary: yuhnee|yuhnee]]''''' || less | ||
|} | |} | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''taefuh'' || ''stai'' || ''sloon'' | | ''[[Contionary: taefuh|taefuh]]'' || ''[[Contionary: stai|stai]]'' || ''[[Contionary: sloon|sloon]]'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| happy || more || you | | happy || more || you | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''ko'' || ''thle'' || ''floothlenem'' | | ''[[Contionary: ko|ko]]'' || ''[[Contionary: thle|thle]]'' || ''[[Contionary: floothlenem|floothlenem]]'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| high || equal || kite | | high || equal || kite | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''zee'' || ''yuhnee'' || ''foos'' | | ''[[Contionary: zee|zee]]'' || ''[[Contionary: yuhnee|yuhnee]]'' || ''[[Contionary: foos|foos]]'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| fast || less || cow | | fast || less || cow | ||
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|} | |} | ||
Comparative phrases can be used after copulas as a predicate, after otlai as an | Comparative phrases can be used after copulas as a predicate, after ''[[Contionary: otlai|otlai]]'' as an adverbial phrase or after a relativizer in a relative clause. | ||
relativizer in a relative clause. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''leed'' || ''aeram'' || ''taefuh'' || ''stai'' || ''sloon'' | | ''[[Contionary: leed|leed]]'' || ''[[Contionary: aeram|aeram]]'' || ''[[Contionary: taefuh|taefuh]]'' || ''[[Contionary: stai|stai]]'' || ''[[Contionary: sloon|sloon]]'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| I || COP || happy || more || you | | I || COP || happy || more || you | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''fosh'' || ''esaaf'' || ''otlai'' || ''ko'' || ''thle'' || ''floothlenem'' | | ''[[Contionary: fosh|fosh]]'' || ''[[Contionary: esaaf|esaaf]]'' || ''[[Contionary: otlai|otlai]]'' || ''[[Contionary: ko|ko]]'' || ''[[Contionary: thle|thle]]'' || ''[[Contionary: floothlenem|floothlenem]]'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| he/she || sing || like || high || equal || kite | | he/she || sing || like || high || equal || kite | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''otdelthing '' || ''de '' || ''aeram'' || ''zee '' || ''yuhnee '' || ''foos'' | | ''[[Contionary: otdelthing|otdelthing]]'' || ''[[Contionary: de|de]]'' || ''[[Contionary: aeram|aeram]]'' || ''[[Contionary: zee|zee]]'' || ''[[Contionary: yuhnee |yuhnee]]'' || ''[[Contionary: foos|foos]]'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| vehicle || this || COP || fast|| less || cow | | vehicle || this || COP || fast|| less || cow | ||