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Value Degree word precedes adjective
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Order of degree word and adjective
Examples
Тибе сасему худа, сибыка бу хао.
Tibe sasemu xuda,
sybika
bu xao.
Tibe
2sg
sasemu
totally
xuda,
bad
sybika
very
bu
neg
xao.
good
You are absolutely useless, you are completely bad.
See
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 222
Его шибко вредный.
Iwo shibəko bərednə.
Iwo
3sg
shibəko
very
bərednə.
mean
It is very treacky (of fuel).
See
Arsen’ev 1949
: 39
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