THE CHIEF PARTS OF SPEECH
5M
palm
pasir-nya serong bentok
cuToed
like
sama or sa-, with or dengan 7V///i conjoined.
{li)
or
taji the
aandy shore was
a cork's spur.
without words like seperti
like
So a he Iel palm is as fall as a coco-nul palm may be expressed pinang nyiur sama tinggi-nya pinang sama (or sa-) tinggi nyiur pinang sama (or sa-) tinggi dengan (or seperti) nyiur. The ^ ord of comparison sama or sa may come not before the adjective Init before the thing with whicii the subject is compared pinang sa-nyiur tinggi-nya like pinang seperti nyiur tinggi-nya. The second half of the comparison, viz. the object with
which the subject
is
compared, must be expressed
pernah ada njriur sa-tinggi ini in
Malay must be added as II.
No
belum
never were coco-nuis so tall
these.
Comparative and Superlative. real
distinction
is
made between
these two degrees.
Both can be expressed by (a)
order, accent
and
antithesis
pinang nyiur. tinggi pinang a betel palm is taller than a coco-nut palm; pinang nyiur pandan tinggi pinang ^^Z" betel, coco-77ut,
(b)
and screw palms,
dari or better dari-pada
the betel palm is the tallest.
tinggi pinang dari-pada nyiur
the betel palm is taller dari-pada pinang nyiur pandan, tinggi pinang oy betel, coco-nut, and screrv palms, the betel palm is the tallest: sa-orang manteri yang tua dari-pada manteri sakalian ///( oldest of all thi viziers; jika dari-pada pihak Melayu ia-lah alim on the Malay side he 7vas the most learned. Moreover lo either of these two constructions, emphasis can be given by the use of
than the coco-nut
ic) yang: pinang nyiur, pinang yang tinggi or dari-pada nyiur, pinang yang tinggi tin bdel palm is taller than the
