Brytho-Hellenic: Difference between revisions

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* '''migrin''' + '''aelur''' > ''aelur migrin'' (= "(a) little cat");
* '''migrin''' + '''aelur''' > ''aelur migrin'' (= "(a) little cat");
* '''mal''' + '''to einyr''' > ''einyr to mal'' (= "the big man");
* '''mal''' + '''to einyr''' > ''einyr to mal'' (= "the big man");
* '''kymig''' + '''koerein ev''' > ''koerein ev kymig'' (= "my tired lady").
* '''kymig''' + '''koerein·ev''' > ''koerein·ev kymig'' (= "my tired lady").
 
====Comparative====
 
The ''higher degree comparative'' is usually formed with the word '''wa''' that precedes the adjective to which is referred, the second term is introduced by '''y''' ex.:
 
* ''Andh wa kalin y denyr'' > A flower more beautiful than a tree.
 
In the written language it is still used the old form with the suffix '''-(dh)yn''', ex.:
 
* ''Andh kaldhyn y denyr'' > A flower more beautiful than a tree.
 
The ''same degree comparative'' is formed with the periphrasis '''udhys''' + adjective + '''yfer''', ex.:
 
* ''Andh udhys kalin yfer denyr'' > A flower as beautiful as a tree,
 
The ''lower degree comparative'' is formed with the periphrasis '''yvon''' or '''mŷon''' + adjective + '''y''', ex.:
 
* ''Andh yvon/mŷon kalin y denyr'' > A flower less beautiful than a tree.
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