Value Adjective is marked

Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Comparative adjective marking
References
Velupillai 2003: 173

Examples

  1. deɪ ivɛn luk beɾa dæn ju
    deɪ
    3pl
    ivɛn
    even
    luk
    look
    beɾa
    better
    dæn
    than
    ju
    2sg
    They even look better than you.
  2. da shak bigə˞ dæn dis
    da
    art
    shak
    shark
    bigə˞
    big.compar
    dæn
    than
    dis
    this
    The shark was bigger than this.
  3. 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