Value Adjective is marked

Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Comparative adjective marking

Examples

  1. Sa kanbar blan sanmenm pli meyer sa ki zot dir kanbar maron li.
    Sa
    def
    kanbar
    yam
    blan
    white
    sanmenm
    same
    pli
    more
    meyer
    good/better
    sa
    def
    ki
    rel
    zot
    3pl
    dir
    call
    kanbar
    yam
    maron
    wild
    li.
    3sg.obj
    The white yam is better than the one which they call wild yam.
    French: L'igname blanche est meilleure que celle qu'on appelle igname sauvage. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994:123)

    See Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 122

  2. Teresa i pli gran ki Gabriel.
    Teresa
    Teresa
    i
    pm
    pli
    more
    gran
    tall
    ki
    pcl
    Gabriel.
    Gabriel
    Teresa is taller than Gabriel.