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===Comparison=== | ===Comparison=== | ||
'''Comparative''' constructions in Rówok usually include a [[#Particles|particle]] and either a referent in the [[#Similative|similative]] case or an [[#Adverbial form|adverb]]. | |||
====More X than Y==== | |||
====Less X than Y==== | |||
====As X as Y==== | |||
One particle used to express "so" or "as X as Y" is: | |||
:'''''gú''''', "so much" | :'''''gú''''', "so much" | ||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = ówkroz ''bŕsam gú'' tasí kún/kungúyz' ára pwólno lunú | |||
|IPA = | |||
| morphemes = ówk.roz '''bŕs.am gú''' tasí kún/kun.gúyzu ára pwóln.o lunú | |||
| gloss = time-GEN '''foot-SIM EMPH''' silent-ADV nothing/nothing-NMZ NEG tread.lightly-3S.IMP.IND RES.NEG | |||
| translation = '''to the''' of time '''foot so''' silent nothing doesn't tread at all = "Naught treads '''so''' silent '''as the foot''' of Time..." - Edward Young | |||
}} | |||
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===Particles=== | ===Particles=== | ||