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The document explains the use of the particle ┺ in comparative sentences, which translates to 'more than' or 'rather than.' It provides examples of how this particle can be combined with adverbs for emphasis in comparisons. Various sentences illustrate the application of this particle in different contexts.

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The document explains the use of the particle ┺ in comparative sentences, which translates to 'more than' or 'rather than.' It provides examples of how this particle can be combined with adverbs for emphasis in comparisons. Various sentences illustrate the application of this particle in different contexts.

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UNIT 3

Particles
⽊ ┺, 㻮⩒, ṯ㧊, Ⱒ䋒, Ⱎ┺, Ⱎ㩖,
㫆㹾, 㠦
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⽊ ┺
⽊
The particle ┺Gis used to make a comparative sentence. This particle is
attached to a noun that is being compared, and it is translated as “more
than” or “rather than.” Consider the following example:
㩲㧎㦮G 㧊G 䐆㦮G ⽊ ┺G 䄺㣪. “Jane’s room is bigger than Tom’s
room.”
Notice that Tom’s room is the noun that is being compared to Jane’s
room.
Adverbs such as ▪ “more,” ▲ “less,” and 䤾㞂 “by far,” can be used
⽊
along with the particle ┺ to put more emphasis on the comparison, as
shown below:
⽊ G゚
㧊G㢍㧊G⁎G㢍 ┺G▪ 㕎㣪. “This dress is more expensive than that
dress.”
⽊
㡺⓮㧊G㠊㩲 ┺G▲G㿪㤢㣪. “Today is less cold than yesterday.”
⽊
㩲ṖG䡫 ┺G䤾㞂G▪GⰤ㧊Gⲏ㠊㣪. “I eat much more than (my) older
brother.”
Here are more examples:
㩖⓪G ⽚⽊ ┺G Ṗ㦚㦚G ▪G 㫡㞚䟊㣪. “As for me, (I) like autumn more
than spring.”
⽊
㞺✲ ṖG ῂ ┺G ▪G ⲡ㧞㠊㣪. “Andrew is handsomer than
anybody.”
⽊ ㌊
⪲⋶✲ṖG㩖 ┺G⚦G 㧊G▪GⰤ㞚㣪. “Ronald is two years older than I.”
⽊ ⻢
㫆㰖ṖG䝚⨃䋂 ┺G▪G 㠞㠊㣪. “George earned more than Frank.”
⽊
䄺䞒 ┺G㭒㓺 G▪GⰞ㔲ἶG㕌㠞㠊㣪. “(I) wanted to drink juice more
than coffee.”
⽊
㧊G㡗䢪ṖG⁎G㡗䢪 ┺G▲G㨂 㧞㠞㠊㣪. “This movie was less interest-
ing than that movie.”

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