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comparative, superlative
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The comparatives are formed with the verb 'ii', the impersonal locative copula. The other compared term goes in dative case (dative clitic or a PP using 'su'). The directional clitic '=unq' (up) is used to mean 'more than', '=kait' for 'less than':

Srqatn: I'm tall
Iikunq srqatn: I'm taller than you
Iiskunq krqatn: You're taller than me
Iihunq srqatn s Aati: I'm taller than Aati
Inkunq srqatn s Aati: I'm taller than her
Iisiskait rqatin s Aati, Sniitatn: Aati and Sniita are less taller than us.

Relativized comparatives:
These are formed with the copula 'n' and follow the modified noun
Qaas [ktaatkr nyskunq rqatn] nauq sau qutn: [the boy that is taller than me] lives in front of my house.

Headless relatives
This use the copula 'ii' and move the nominalized verb to the front.
Qaas [tarqat iiskunq] nauq sau qutn: [the one taller than me] lives in front of my house.

[edit] [top]Superlatives

The superlatives are formed with the nominalized form of the verb and the clitic =unq or =kait attached to it. It behaves as a noun and can stand in a NP by their own and modify other nouns by following them with no mark.
Tarqatunq: the tallest one
Kataatkrunq tarqat: the tallest boy
Kataatkrunq tarqat s naxiik: the tallest boy of the gang
Kataatkrkait tarqat s naxiik: the least tall boy of the gang
Kataatkrunq uarqat s naxiik: the tallest boys of the gang

As nouns, a predicate is formed with the copula 'n':
Kataatkr nunq tarqat: the boy is the tallest.

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