Value Adjective is marked

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Comparative adjective marking
References
Arends 1989: 80ff

Examples

  1. Ju langa morro mi. / Ju langa morro na mi. / Ju de morro langa leki mi.
    Yu
    2sg
    langa
    long
    moro
    exceed
    mi.
    1sg
    /
     
    Yu
    2sg
    langa
    long
    moro
    exceed
    na
    than
    mi.
    1sg
    /
     
    Yu
    2sg
    de
    asp/cop
    moro
    more
    langa
    long
    leki
    like
    mi.
    1sg
    You are taller than me.
    German: Du bist länger, grösser als ich. [op.cit.]

    See Schumann 1783: 98