Hand-book of Volapük/Degrees of Comparison

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Hand-book of Volapük (1888)
by Charles E. Sprague
Degrees of Comparison
4649028Hand-book of Volapük — Degrees of Comparison1888Charles E. Sprague

DEGREES.

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; gudiküno, 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 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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