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 = DEGREES =

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. = EXERCISE 16 =

Ka, than. &auml;s, as. Suno, soon.

'''Binob b&auml;ledikum ka om. Buk at binom gudikum ka et. Dom obsik no binom so gletik &auml;s olsik : binom smalikum. Penol gudikumo ka ob. Binob flen ola divodik&uuml;n. Spelob das binol in saun gudik, o flen divik&uuml;k ! Volap&uuml;k binom p&uuml;k nefikulik&uuml;n in vol l&ouml;lik.'''

I am more healthy than you. I have larger hands than you. The dog has larget 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 languain the whole world ? I do not know a language which is easier than Volap&uuml;k. = TENSES =

Each of the tenses has one of the vowels as its peculiar sign: [a], &auml;, e, i, o, u.