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112. Peue ka-dong ka-mando mantong?
2.3 Adiactivas
What 2y-stand 2y-foreman only
' Why are you just standing there and overseeing us
(like a foreman)?'
Adjectives are words such as raya 'big,' meuh' ai
'expensive,' sa&L. 'ill,' outeh 'white,' seunanq 'happy,'
and all words denoting the state of being. Adjectives are
different from verbs in that they can be used in comparative
degrees with leubeh 'more' and palenq 'most' without an
object. Very few verbs can be modified by leubeh and paleng;
they are verbs for liking and disliking, such as galak 'to
like,' banci 'to hate,' etc. Although these verbs can be
modified by leubeh and paleng. they are different from
adjectives; they have to be used with an object. The object
can only be omitted if it has already been mentioned in the
preceding sentence. No such requirement is necessary for
adjectives. Compare the comparative construction for the
adjective caronq 'clever' and the comparative construction
for the verb galak 'to like' below.
(a). An example of a comparative construction with an
adjective.