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Value Adjective is marked
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Comparative adjective marking
Examples
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.)
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.
Mo isiwan.
Mo
more
isi-wan.
easy-
adj
[This is] easier. (Referring to a Jaminjung expression during an elicitation session)
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
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