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Value Adjective is marked
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Comparative adjective marking
References
Velupillai 2003
: 173
Examples
deɪ ivɛn luk beɾa dæn ju
deɪ
3pl
ivɛn
even
luk
look
beɾa
better
dæn
than
ju
2sg
They even look better than you.
da shak big
ə˞
dæn dis
da
art
shak
shark
bigə˞
big.
compar
dæn
than
dis
this
The shark was bigger than this.
a gɛɾin klosɛ æn klosɛ
a
1sg
gɛɾ-in
get-
prog
klos-ɛ
close-
compar
æn
and
klos-ɛ
close-
compar
I'm getting closer and closer.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 164
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