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====More X than Y==== | ====More X than Y==== | ||
The particles used to express "more X than Y" are: | |||
*'''''nyáč''''', "far more than" | |||
====Less X than Y==== | ====Less X than Y==== | ||
The particles used to express "more X than Y" are: | |||
*'''''rúzğu''''', "not so much" | |||
====As X as Y==== | ====As X as Y==== | ||
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| translation = '''like the''' of time '''foot so''' silent nothing doesn't tread at all = "Naught treads '''so''' silent '''as the foot''' of Time..." - Edward Young | | translation = '''like the''' of time '''foot so''' silent nothing doesn't tread at all = "Naught treads '''so''' silent '''as the foot''' of Time..." - Edward Young | ||
*'''''ásya sáya''''', "just about as"; Note that | |||
*'''''ásya sáya''''', "just about as"; Note that the referent '''sometimes''' goes between the two words. | |||
*'''''ára X vuƚú''''', "not unlike", literally "not opposite to"; Note that the referent '''always''' goes between the two words (other parts of the noun phrase can also be between the two words, but ''vuƚú'' always goes immediately after the noun in the similative. | *'''''ára X vuƚú''''', "not unlike", literally "not opposite to"; Note that the referent '''always''' goes between the two words (other parts of the noun phrase can also be between the two words, but ''vuƚú'' always goes immediately after the noun in the similative. | ||