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--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "Rex May" <rmay@m...> wrote: > Good. Pretty much what I'd concluded. Next question. Esperanto > has 'plu' for more-additional, as in donu min plu da biero. And it > has 'pli' for more-comparative. English just has one word for both. > Does ceqli need two? If not, we already borrowed Eo 'plu' for the > first meaning. If you don't see any advantage in having two, let's > just use 'plu' for both. 'More of a quantity' vs. 'more of a quality'. One 'more' will do. Having two will raise the question of which to use, and I don't think it's ambiguous given the two different contexts. > > And do you think of any words besided 'favorite' that would call for > some kind of superlative meaning? And, thinking further.... > > Da bi gode cemkulde komxo. It is my than-all food. It is my > favorite food. Works okay? Ummm.... yeah, if nothing other than 'favourite' needs such treatment. You could also use the word for 'prefer' here. "Cemkulde". :-) That's kind of cute, actually. --K