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Atlantic, unlike other Romance languages, maintained the synthetic forms for comparatives and superlatives, though it still uses the common Romance analytic forms in less formal styles: | Atlantic, unlike other Romance languages, maintained the synthetic forms for comparatives and superlatives, though it still uses the common Romance analytic forms in less formal styles: | ||
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*: ''Lucia i Tecra | *: ''Lucia i Tecra sunt oltos.'' "Lucy and Thecla are tall." | ||
*: ''Tecra ê olxura pu Lucia.'' "Thecla is taller than Lucy." | *: ''Tecra ê olxura pu Lucia.'' "Thecla is taller than Lucy." | ||
*: ''Tecra ê olxissima.'' "Thecla is the tallest one." | *: ''Tecra ê olxissima.'' "Thecla is the tallest one." | ||