Lombard/Adjective degrees
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Comparative
[edit | edit source]Western lombard
[edit | edit source]Type of comparative | Rule | Examples |
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Greater than comparative (adjective, comparison between nouns - or pronouns) |
1) pussee + adjective +de/che 2) adjective + pussee + de/che |
1) El March l'è pussee bell del Lessi (Mark is more beautiful than Alexios) 2) El March l'è bell pussee del Lessi |
Greater than comparative (adjective, comparison between nouns - or pronouns) |
1) men + adjective + de/che... 2) agetiv + men + de/che... |
1) El March l'è men bell del Lessi (Mark is less beautiful than Alexios) 2) El March l'è bell men del Lessi |
Comparative of equality (adjective, comparison of nouns - or pronouns) |
1) adjective + come... 2) adjective + compagn de/istess de... |
1) El March l'è bell come 'l Lessi (Mark is as beautiflus as Alexios) 2) El March l'è bell compagn del Lessi |
Greater than comparative (adjective, comparison between adjectives) |
1) pussee + adjective1 + che + aggetivo2 2) adjective1 + pussee che + adjective2 |
1) El March l'è pussee bel che inteligent (Mark is more beatiful than intelligent) 2) El March l'è bell pussee che inteligent |
Minority comparison (adjectives, comparison between adjectives) |
1) men + adjective1 + che + adjective2 |
1) El March l'è men bell che inteligent (Mark is less beautiful than intelligent) |
Greater than comparative (verb, any comparison) |
1) term 1 + verb + pussee (+ che + term 2) |
1) Incoeu hoo mangiad pussee (che jer) (Today I ate more than yesterday) |
Comparative of minority (verb, any comparison) |
1) term 1 + verbo + de men (+ che + term 2) |
1) Incoeu hoo mangiad de men (che jer) (Today I ate less than yesterday) |
Progressive greater than comparative (progressive comparison between the adjective itself) |
1) semper/an’mò pussee + adjective | 1) El March l'è 'dree a diventà semper pussee bel (Mark is getting more and more beautiful) |
Progressive comparative of minority (progressive comparison between the adjective itself) |
1) semper men + adjective | 1) El March l'è 'dree a diventà semper men bel (Mark is getting less and less beautiful) |
Progressive greater than comparative (progressive comparison between sentences) |
1) compù + sentence1 + compù + sentence 2 2) pussee che + sentence1 + con pussee che + sentence 2 |
1) Compù te studiareet compù te imparareet (The more you study, the more you will learn) 1a) Compù te diventet grand compù te diventet bell |
Progressive minority comparison (progressive comparison between sentences) |
1) manch + fras1 + manch + fras 2 |
1) Manch te studiareet manch te imparareet (The less you study the less you will learn) |
Nota
[edit | edit source]The constructions indicate have been exemplified with the Milanese dialect; depending on the dialect there may be slight variations in the words.
References
[edit | edit source]- Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, 1839, Vol. 1 pag. 416
- Claudio Beretta, A lezione di grammatica milanese, Circolo Filologico Milanese, pag.55
Eatern lombard
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Western Lombard: pussee --> Eastern Lombard: pioeu
Western Lombard: men --> Eastern Lombard: meno
Alpine Lombard
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Superlative
[edit | edit source]Western Lombard
[edit | edit source]Type of superlative | Rule | Example |
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Absolute superlative | 1) adjective + -issim/-issem
2) assosenn/sossenn/molto + adjective |
1) grand --> grandissim (big → very big) 2) grand --> assosenn/sossenn/molto grand |
Relative superlative of majority | el/la pussee adjective
with regard to the possibility, to be able to succeed→ |
bell → el/la pussee bell/bella (the most beautiful (feminine/masculine)) coerent → el/la pussee coerent/coerenta possibil |
Relative superlative of minority | el/la men adjective
in a similar way with regard to the possibility |
bell/bella --> el/la men bel/bella (the least beautiful (feminine/masculine)) |
- ↑ for one-syllable masculine or two-syllable feminine adjectives with "oeu" on the first syllable, in forming the superlative there is the apophony “"oeu" to "o"”, for example noeuva → noventa, noeuv → novent
Eastern lombard
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Alpine lombard
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