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====="Than"=====
====="Than"=====
The comparative particle 'than' is ''rū''. {{PAGENAME}} 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 ''rū''. {{PAGENAME}} 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.
{{gloss
|phrase = vá yntarpsýn slá rū vī́
|IPA=/ʋˠá ʉntàrpsʉnꜜ sláꜜ rúː ʋˠíꜜiː/
|morphemes = vá ynt-arb-s-n/ slá rū́ ī́
|gloss = 3SG.M PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3SG.M>1SG more.ADV than 3SG.F
|translation=He taught me more than she did.}}
{{gloss
|phrase = ná yntarpsýn slá rū vī́
|IPA=/náː ʉntàrpsʉnꜜ sláꜜ rúː ʋˠiꜜiː/
|morphemes = ná ynt-arb-´s-n/ slá rū́ vī
|gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3SG.M>INV.SG.M more.ADV than 3SG.F
|translation=He taught me more than he did her.}}


Note that the fronting does not automatically imply that the fronted noun phrase is compared, but simply that it is given the most focus. The compared argument is the closer argument to the comparative:
Note that the fronting does not automatically imply that the fronted noun phrase is compared, but simply that it is given the most focus. The compared argument is the closer argument to the comparative:
{{gloss
|phrase = ná yntarpsýn vá slá rū vī́
|IPA=/náː ʉntàrpsʉnꜜ ʋˠáꜜ sláꜜ rúː ʋˠiꜜiː/
|morphemes = ná ynt-arb-´s-n/ vá slá rū́ vī́
|gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3SG.M>1SG 3SG.M more.ADV than 3SG.F
|translation=It is I whom he taught more than she did.}}


====Indirect speech====
====Indirect speech====