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130064Hand-book of Volapük — 121887Charles E. Sprague

DEGREES OF COMPARISON

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To form the comparativ and superlativ degrees, the suffixes um, ün, are used.

Gudik, good ; gudikum, better; gudikün, best.

Gudiko, well; gudikumo, better, in a better manner; gudikün, in the best manner.

These endings um, ün, may be added even to nouns; flenün obik, my best friend. Binom solatum ka ob, he is more of a soldier than I.

Umo, üno, are used as separate words meaning in greater degree, in the greatest degree. Binom umo solat ka bolitel, he is more of a soldier than of a politician.