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Comparative adjective marking
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Adjective is marked Frequency: 50.0%
Example 3-46:
A kɔni mɔɔ mi.
A
3sg
kɔni
smart
mɔɔ
more
mi.
1sg
She is smarter than me.
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 77
Example 3-47:
A mɔɔ kɔni mɔɔ mi.
A
3sg
mɔɔ
more
kɔni
smart
mɔɔ
more
mi.
1sg
She is smarter than me.
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 77
Example 3-49:
A kɔni mɔɔ kuma mi.
A
3sg
kɔni
smart
mɔɔ
more
kuma
as.if
mi.
1sg
She is smarter than me.
Source:
de Groot 1977
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adjective is not marked Frequency: 50.0%
Example 3-50:
A bígi pasá mi.
A
3sg
bígi
big
pasá
pass
mi.
1sg
He is bigger than me.
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 4
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Comparative adjective marking
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 77
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