Value Adjective is marked

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Comparative adjective marking

Examples

  1. Hi nomo faindim broken leg, nathing, bon bin kam [...] beta, hilap.
    Hi
    3sg
    nomo
    neg
    faind-im
    find-tr
    broken
    broken
    leg,
    leg
    nathing,
    nothing
    bon
    bone
    bin
    pst
    kam
    come
    [...]
    [...]
    beta,
    better
    hil-ap.
    heal-up
    He didn’t find a broken leg any more, the bone had gotten better, it had healed. (Doctor in later consultation of a patient with a broken leg.)
  2. Thet min imin goap mo haya.
    Thet
    dem
    min
    mean
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    goap
    go.up
    mo
    more
    haya.
    higher
    That means he climbed up higher.
  3. Mo isiwan.
    Mo
    more
    isi-wan.
    easy-adj
    [This is] easier. (Referring to a Jaminjung expression during an elicitation session)
  4. Beta den asgimbat kantrimen.
    Beta
    better
    den
    than
    asg-im-bat
    ask-tr-prog
    kantrimen.
    countrymen
    [It's] better than asking countrymen (i.e. family). (Context: saving money to buy a car)

    See Angelo et al. 1998