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#: ''emso korėr '''efa''' štundju | #: ''emso korėr '''efa''' štundju dėvjė mo. | ||
#:: "She works '''more''' hours than me." | #:: "She works '''more''' hours than me." | ||
#: ''ma amiğsu nėguttixi silėrz '''ef'''rava dėvjė deňkarz silšpėrz. | #: ''ma amiğsu nėguttixi silėrz '''ef'''rava dėvjė deňkarz silšpėrz. | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 25 September 2024
Indeyivroplu
Etymology
Unique word stem not directly loaned from another language.
Pronunciation
(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [ˈɛ.fi]
Adverb
efi (Cyrillic эфи)
- more; forms comparative
- emso korėr efa štundju dėvjė mo.
- "She works more hours than me."
- ma amiğsu nėguttixi silėrz efrava dėvjė deňkarz silšpėrz.
- "My friend unfortunately acted more angry than I thought he would."
- emso korėr efa štundju dėvjė mo.
Inflection
- efa
- "more" (adj.)
- efu
- "increase" (n.)
Usage notes
Prefix this morpheme to the stem of a descriptor word in order to get its comparative form.
Derived terms
- efguta
- better
- efhofa
- preferred (adj.)
- efke
- plus (pre.)
- nėefi
- less (adv.)
- nėefke
- minus (pre.)
Related words
- inži
- superlative (adv.)