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===Comparison=== | ===Comparison=== | ||
The comparative particle 'than' is ''rā''. Themsaran enables one to discriminate "He loved me more than she [loved me]" and "He loved me more than [he loved] her", by | The comparative particle 'than' is ''rā''. Themsaran enables one to discriminate "He loved me more than she [loved me]" and "He loved me more than [he loved] her", by focusing the argument in the main clause that is compared. | ||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase = žá hārbenín slá rā žî | |phrase = žá hārbenín slá rā žî | ||
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|gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.PSS.3SG.M>1SG more.ADV than 3SG.F | |gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.PSS.3SG.M>1SG more.ADV than 3SG.F | ||
|translation=He taught me more than he did her.}} | |translation=He taught me more than he did her.}} | ||
Note that the fronting does not automatically imply that the fronted noun phrase is compared: | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase = na̋ hārbenín slá rā žî | |||
|IPA=/náː hàːrbeninꜜ ʒáꜜ sláꜜ ráːʒiꜜiː/ | |||
|morphemes = na̋ he-arb-nin/ žá slá rā žî | |||
|gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.PSS.3SG.M>1SG 3SG.M more.ADV than 3SG.F | |||
|translation=It is I who he taught more than she did.}} | |||
===Subordinating clauses=== | ===Subordinating clauses=== | ||