Hand-book of Volapük/12

= DEGREES OF COMPARISON=

To form the comparativ and superlativ degrees, the suffixes um, &uuml;n, are used.

Gudik, good ; gudikum, better; gudik&uuml;n, best.

Gudiko, well; gudikumo, better, in a better manner; gudik&uuml;n, in the best manner.

These endings um, &uuml;n, may be added even to nouns; flen&uuml;n obik, my best friend. Binom solatum ka ob, he is more of a soldier than I.

Umo, &uuml;no, are 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.