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=====Rel & Cun===== | =====Rel & Cun===== | ||
Rel and Cun are comparatives, roughly analogous to "than" and "like". These prepositions follow after the thing they thing they compare; | Rel and Cun are comparatives, roughly analogous to "than" and "like". These prepositions follow after the thing they thing they compare. | ||
An example of this might be gleamed from a conversation between Paruc & Donil meeting their friend after his first day of work as a stable hand; | |||
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | {| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | ||
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|<small>balin</small> | |<small>balin</small> | ||
|<small>lúdhí</small> | |<small>lúdhí</small> | ||
<small>líren</small> | |<small>líren</small> | ||
|<small>ba</small> | |<small>ba</small> | ||
|<small>gér</small> | |<small>gér</small> | ||
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|<small>weak</small> | |<small>weak</small> | ||
|<small>old</small> | |<small>old</small> | ||
<small>horse</small> | |<small>horse</small> | ||
|<small>POSS</small> | |<small>POSS</small> | ||
|<small>spit</small> | |<small>spit</small> | ||
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|<small>ne</small> | |<small>ne</small> | ||
|<small>lo</small> | |<small>lo</small> | ||
<small>cébh</small> | |<small>cébh</small> | ||
|<small>ghal-</small> | |<small>ghal-</small> | ||
|<small>-ba-</small> | |<small>-ba-</small> | ||
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|<small>not</small> | |<small>not</small> | ||
|<small>him</small> | |<small>him</small> | ||
<small>after</small> | |<small>after</small> | ||
|<small>day-</small> | |<small>day-</small> | ||
|<small>-POSS-</small> | |<small>-POSS-</small> | ||
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| colspan="8"| "'' | | colspan="8"| "''It's rare that one doesn't look like him after a day's work here." | ||
|} | |} | ||
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| colspan="8"| "Better him than me" | | colspan="8"| "''Better him than me.''" | ||
|} | |} | ||
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | {| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
<!-- Translations --> | <!-- Translations --> | ||
| colspan="8"| "I could not have said it better (than you)" | | colspan="8"| "''I could not have said it better (than you)''" | ||
|} | |} | ||
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