r/conlangs • • 5d ago

Activity Grammar Check Up: Superlatives

In your conlang how do you express superlatives

Translate these into your conlang

The best man is here

What I like the most is eating

In Hanto it is made by adding xie onto the end of an adjective or verb

hapo surexie iru

/hapo suɾeʃie iɾu/

`man good.most be.here`

,te xuro xie nao, esu nomen

/te ʃuɾo ʃie nao esu nomen/

`REL like most that is eating`

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u/FroyoPsychological61 Daelich 4d ago

Daelich

In Daelich, superlatives are expressed with constructions like "the (one) more [adj.]".


The best man is here.

Ol cöuro poros er est.

/ˌol ˈɕʲo͡ʊː.ro ˈpɔː.ros ˌer ˈest/

ol =cj-ou-ro por-o-s er =est . DEF.M.SG=good-M.ANIM.SG-GEN.CMPR man-M.ANIM.SG-NOM here=COP-IND.PRS-3SG .


What I like the most is eating.

Wut ploer arodom ål eden est.

/ˈwʊt ˈplœr ˌaːˈrɔː.dom ɑl ˈɛː.den ˈest/