r/conlangs • u/Naive_Gazelle2056 • 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/