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* It looks like I'll be moving everything tomorrow afternoon; I'm having to hire a moving company, so it may cost me quite a bit. I'm going to try to get my big storage space somewhat ready to move this afternoon and tomorrow morning. I'm not sure how I'm getting from storage to my apartment tomorrow at the same time as the movers; riding on the truck?

Last Edited: 2006.Nov.09 Thu

* Degree in my new project is handled using the adverbial preposition mei:

li-(tall)-e biz takpañ mei 20 (units of length).
"This tree is 20 units tall."

takpañ (tall)-e mei 20 (units of length)
"a 20 unit tall tree"

This relates to "how much" and "so much", previously mentioned:

hûmei li-(tall)-e biz takpañ.
"How tall is this tree?"

li-(tall)-e biz takpañ sômei fon bi-li-kamb-al-i li-(top).
"This tree is so tall, I can't see the top."

It's also related to "as much as":

li-(tall)-e takpañ ûmei li-(long)-e ma-xert-o.
"The tree is as tall as our house is long."

biz takpañ li-(tall)-e ûmei li-st-e koz.
"This tree is as tall as that one (is)."

In the second example, the dummy verb -st- is used. Possibly there are short forms that take agreement directly without using the dummy verb, as the comparative as currently described does. Possibly also, the comparative will have a long form.