Elative
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The elative is a gender-free number-free adjective grammatical case that marks:
Comparative: if it comes after the noun
Superlative: if it comes before the noun
Examples:
Nħebb daar akber ("I want a bigger house")
Nħebb akber daar ("I want the biggest house")
If the noun is omitted, you use the contructions me + elative for comparative and el + elative for superlative.
Examples:
Ĝandi barşe taayeet. Ken qoltli, raani ĝtiitek me akber.
("I have many sizes. If you had told me, I would've given you a bigger one.")
Myseelş. Aĝtini l'akber.
("It's ok. Give me the biggest one")
To form the elative.. honestly there is no rule. Broadly it goes a- + consonant cluster. But only really works when it's a three-consonat cluster.
Kbiir => Akber ("big")
Maaset => Amset ("unsweet; cringy")
Ꝁaayeb => Aꝁyeb ("bad")
Qwi => Aqwe ("strong")
Ħaarr => Aħarr ("spicy") (weird exception ik)
Real exceptions:
Barşe => Akŧer ("much - more/most")
Beehi => Ꝁiir ("good - better/best")
For longer clusters use the construction adjective + akŧer for comparative and l'akŧer + adjective for superlative.
Misioon kif heeđi leezem tkoun secriito akŧer. Ti l'akŧer secriito.
("A mission like this needs to be more secret. Heck, rather the most secret.")