Comparatives

Qohenje has a set of six lexical prefixes which fulfil the function of comparative and superlative meanings, which show up particularly on adjectives and adverbs in English (more, most, less, least). Qohenje has six morphemes where English only has four, becuase it shows two degrees of comparison (more and much more)

These prefixs are:

For example:

 

The sense of these prefixes is most easily understood in comparison with English adjectives and adverbs, but in Qohenje, these prefixes may occur on any lexeme, regardless of its grammatical role:

 

Overt comparisons

To compare two things in a construction of the type X is more/less Q than Y, the Qohenje construction is of the type Y Q X ("In view of Y, X is more-Q).

For example:

This latter example could also be expressed: