Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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====Comparison==== | ====Comparison==== | ||
====="Than"===== | |||
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. The comparative phrase is by default placed after the subject or verb, and the compared noun phrase is stated, or repeated with a pronoun. | 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. The comparative phrase is by default placed after the subject or verb, and the compared noun phrase is stated, or repeated with a pronoun. | ||
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|gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3/4SG.M>1SG 3SG.M more.ADV than 4SG.F | |gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3/4SG.M>1SG 3SG.M more.ADV than 4SG.F | ||
|translation=It is I whom he taught more than she did.}} | |translation=It is I whom he taught more than she did.}} | ||
====="Exceed"===== | |||
Themsaran also, more succinctly, allows comparison by incorporating the adjective into the verb ''fkínêi'' 'surpass': | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase = Giemofkinējú arbalg-âst. | |||
|IPA= | |||
|morphemes = giem(o)-fkin-ējú arbalg-âst | |||
|gloss = intelligent-exceed-1SG.PRES>3SG.M teacher.1SG>DEF.PL | |||
|translation=I am smarter than my teachers.}} | |||
====Indirect speech==== | ====Indirect speech==== | ||