Lombard/Adjective degrees

Comparative Western lombard Type of comparativeRuleExamplesGreater than comparative (adjective, comparison between nouns - or pronouns)1) pussee + adjective +de/che 2) adjective + pussee + de/che1) El March l'è pussee bell del Lessi(Mark is more beautiful than Alexios) 2) El March l'è bell pussee del Lessi (Mark is more beautiful than Alexios)Greater than comparative (adjective, comparison between nouns - or pronouns)1) men + adjective + de/che... 2) agetiv + men + de/che... 3) minga/nò + (inscì) + adjective + come1) El March l'è men bell del Lessi(Mark is less beautiful than Alexios) 2) El March l'è bell men del Lessi(Mark is less beautiful than Alexios) 3) El March l'è minga inscì bel come 'l Lessi (Mark is less beautiful than Alexios)Comparative of equality (adjective, comparison of nouns - or pronouns)1) adjective + come... 2) adjective + compagn de/istess de... 3) tanto adjective + quanto... 4) adjective + tanto quanto... 5) adjective (pl.) + compagn1) El March l'è bell come 'l Lessi(Mark is as beautiful as Alexios) 2) El March l'è bell compagn del Lessi(Mark is as beautiful as Alexios) 3) El March l'è tanto bell quanto el Lessi(Mark is as beautiful as Alexios) 4) El March l'è bel tanto quanto el Lessi( Mark is as beautiful as Alexios) 5) El March e 'l Lessi inn bei compagn(Mark and Alezios are equally beautiful)Greater than comparative (adjective, comparison between adjectives)1) pussee + adjective1 + che + aggetivo2 2) adjective1 + pussee che + adjective2 3) pussee che + adjective2, adjective11) El March l'è pussee bel che inteligent(Mark is more beautiful than intelligent) 2) El March l'è bell pussee che inteligent(Mark is more beautiful than intelligent) 3) El March l'è pussee che inteligent, bell(Mark more than intelligent, is beautiful)Minority comparison (adjectives, comparison between adjectives)1) men + adjective1 + che + adjective21) El March l'è men bell che inteligent(Mark is less beautiful than intelligent)Greater than comparative (verb, any comparison)1) term 1 + verb + pussee (+ che + term 2)1) Incoeu hoo mangiad pussee (che jer)(Today I ate more than yesterday) Comparative of minority (verb, any comparison)1) term 1 + verbo + de men (+ che + term 2)1) Incoeu hoo mangiad de men (che jer)(Today I ate less than yesterday) Progressive greater than comparative (progressive comparison between the adjective itself)1) semper/an’mò pussee + adjective1) El March l'è 'dree a diventà semper pussee bel(Mark is getting more and more beautiful)Progressive comparative of minority (progressive comparison between the adjective itself)1) semper men + adjective1) El March l'è 'dree a diventà semper men bel(Mark is getting less and less beautiful)Progressive greater than comparative (progressive comparison between sentences)1) compù + sentence1 + compù + sentence 2 2) pussee che + sentence1 + con pussee che + sentence 21) Compù te studiareet compù te imparareet(The more you study, the more you will learn) 1a) Compù te diventet grand compù te diventet bell(The more you grow, the more beautiful you become) 2) Pussee ch' a mangi con pussee ch' a vegni grass(The more I eat, the fatter I get)Progressive minority comparison (progressive comparison between sentences)1) manch + fras1 + manch + fras 21) Manch te studiareet manch te imparareet(The less you study the less you will learn) Nota The constructions indicate have been exemplified with the Milanese dialect; depending on the dialect there may be slight variations in the words. References Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, 1839, Vol. 1 pag. 416 Claudio Beretta, A lezione di grammatica milanese, Circolo Filologico Milanese, pag.55 Eatern lombard Western Lombard: pussee --> Eastern Lombard: pioeu Western Lombard: men --> Eastern Lombard: meno Alpine Lombard Superlative Western Lombard Type of superlativeRuleExampleAbsolute superlative1) adjective + -issim/-issem 2) assosenn/sossenn/molto + adjective 3) adjective + adjective 4) adjective + comè 5) stra- + adjective 6) arci- + adjective 7) ultra- + adjective 8) adjective + -ent/-ento 9) agetiv + de mat1) grand --> grandissim(big → very big) 2) grand --> assosenn/sossenn/molto grand (big → very big) 3) grand --> grand grand(big → very big) 4) grand --> grand comè(big → big indeed) 5) caregh --> stracaregh(loaded → overloaded) 6) stuf --> arcistuf(sick → (oversick) /sick and tired) 7) potent --> ultrapotent(powerful → ulrtrapowerful) 8) ciar --> ciar ciarent for one-syllable masculine or two-syllable feminine adjectives with "oeu" on the first syllable, in forming the superlative there is the apophony “"oeu" to "o"”, for example noeuva → noventa, noeuv → novent(clear → very clear) 9) bon --> bon de mat(good → insanely good)Relative superlative of majorityel/la pussee adjective with regard to the possibility, to be able to succeed→ →el/la pussee adjective possibilbell → el/la pussee bell/bella (the most beautiful (feminine/masculine)) coerent → el/la pussee coerent/coerenta possibil(as consistent as possible (feminine/masculine))Relative superlative of minorityel/la men adjective in a similar way with regard to the possibility bell/bella --> el/la men bel/bella(the least beautiful (feminine/masculine)) Eastern lombard Alpine lombard