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DEGREES.
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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.

TENSES.

Each of the tenses has one of the vowels as its peculiar sign:

[a,]ä,e,i,o,u,

for the present, or
for the past, or
(imperfect)
for the perfect, or
for the past-perfect, or
(pluperfect)
for the future, or
for the future perfect, or 		patüp
pätüp

petüp
pitüp

potüp
putüp 		a
ä

e
i

o
u
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