Hand-book of Volapük/Degrees of Comparison
DEGREES.
To form the comparativ and superlativ degrees, the suffixes um, ün, are used.
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 also 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.
EXERCISE 16.
Ka, than.äs, as.Suno, soon.
Binob bäledikum ka om. Buk at binom gudikum ka et. Dom obsik no binom so gletik äs olsik; binom smalikum. Penol gudikumo ka ob. Binob flen ola divodikün. Spelob das binol in saun gudik, o flen divikün! Volapük binom pük nefikulikün in vol lölik.
I am more healthy than you. I have larger hands than you. The dog has larger feet than the cat. What book is the best in the whole world? I have not so many books as you, but I read more [books]. What is the easiest language in the whole world? I do not know a language which is easier than Volapük.
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