| My wife
is more beautiful than your wife. |
(N.B.
when /l kke/
is used as comparing particle, the suffix /-ya/ becomes optional,
as seen in the above example). |
| 2.4.3.
Superlative |
| Superlative
is expressed by |
| 1)
Suffixing /-yapag/ to the adjective |
lu-kke |
kumė
|
gayi-yapag
|
dak
|
‘Our house is the
biggest’
|
|
I pl.gen.
|
house
|
big comp.
|
is
|
|
isr
|
btte-ypag
|
dak
|
|
‘God is the greatest’
|
|
God
|
great comp.
|
is
|
|
|
|
sė
|
ayi-yapag
|
dak
|
|
‘It is the best’
|
|
it
|
good comp.
|
is
|
|
|
|
|
| 2)
The expression /apļlk/ |
|
bļ
|
apļlk
|
amidė m
|
ayinė
|
‘He is the best
of all’
|
|
he
|
comp.
|
man acc.
|
good
|
|
|
Miri
|
de apļlk
|
empė nam
|
kinnanė
|
‘The Miris are the
most clever’
|
|
Miri
|
all from
|
to than
|
clever
|
|
|
|
|
3. Adverbs |
| An adverb
is a form which fills temporal, manner, place and purpose slots in
clause level constructions i.e., adverbs of time, adverbs of manner,
adverbs of place and adverbs of purpose. |
| Example
- |
| 3.1.
Adverb of time : base form + post position |
|
supąk (pė)
|
‘now’
|
d pė
|
‘till this moment’
|
mėl
|
‘yesterday’
|
dkė
|
‘then’
|
|
aginsėm
|
‘always’
|
ldim
|
‘daily’
|
|
yįmpė
|
‘tomorrow’
|
sil
|
‘today’
|
|
|
| 3.2.
Adverb of manner : |
| It denotes
the mode of the action performed by the verb. Adjectives serve as
the base form and post-positions are added to form manner adverbs. |
ar
|
+
|
pė
|
arpė
|
‘truly’
|
|
truth
|
|
pp
|
|
|
pės
|
+
|
pė
|
pėspė
|
‘terribly’
|
|
terrible
|
|
pp
|
|
|
|
|
| Some times
the stem is re-duplicated before the postposition is added. |
as
as
|
+
|
pė
|
asaspė
|
‘slowly’
|
|
slow slow
|
|
pp
|
|
|
|
zėna zėna
|
+
|
pė
|
zėnazėnapė
|
‘loudly’
|
|
loud loud
|
|
pp
|
|
|
|
|
| 3.3.
Adverb of purpose : |
|
dļpila
|
‘so’
|
|
kapi kanė
|
‘because’
|
|
kapė legabe
|
‘for what’
|
|
|
| 3.4.
Adverb of place : |
| Adverbs
of place are of two types - (a) base adverbs and (b) derived adverbs.
Examples of base adverbs are |
|
kėig
|
‘downward’
|
|
tįleN
|
‘upward’
|
tk
|
‘up’
|
|
|
| Derived
adverbs are locative case nominals; some examples are - |
|
|
‘where’
|
kc
- l
|
‘there’
|
is
- pė
|
‘here’
|
d-
l¨kke
|
‘from there’
|
|
|
