Value Adjective is not marked

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Comparative adjective marking

Examples

  1. noospa dika graandi jeentis fɔɔra naanda say
    noos-pa
    1pl-acc
    dika
    than
    graandi
    big
    jeentis
    people
    fɔɔra
    outside
    naanda
    neg.fut
    say
    go.out
    People older than us won't get out.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5250

  2. kalmunay dika trinkumaal lɔɔnji
    kalmunay
    Kalmunai
    dika
    than
    trinkumaal
    Trincomalee
    lɔɔnji
    far
    Trincomalee is further than Kalmunai.

    See Smith 1974-5: 1006

  3. isti ingrees miziiɲa dika isti fɛɛvrispa malvaarsu miziiɲa mee boom falaatu takombersaa
    isti
    this
    [ingrees
    [English
    miziiɲa
    medicine
    dika
    than
    isti
    this
    fɛɛvri-s-pa
    fever-pl-dat
    malvaar-su
    Tamil-gen
    miziiɲa
    medicine
    mee
    foc
    boom
    good
    falaa-tu]
    quot-pfv]
    ta-kombersaa
    prs-talk
    They say that for fevers, Tamil medicine (Ayurvedic medicine) is better than English (Western) medicine.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5345