Example 35-96

Ê sa maxi bluku dôkê ami.
Ê
3sg
sa
be
maxi
more
bluku
mean
dôkê
than
ami.
1sg
He is meaner than I.
Comment:
Speakers accept omission of the degree word maxi, but in natural speech this hardly ever happens.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data