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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;


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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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<!-- Translations -->
<!-- Translations -->
| colspan="8"| "''Rarely is one seen here unlike him after a day's work."
| colspan="8"| "''It's rare that one doesn't look like him after a day's work here."
|}
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<!-- Translations -->
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| colspan="8"| "Better him than me"
| colspan="8"| "''Better him than me.''"
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<!-- Translations -->
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| 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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