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Level 4

Iktar + positive adjective + minn phrase expresses greater degree than the reference.

How It Works

Iktar before a positive adjective expresses greater degree. The adjective retains ordinary agreement: iktar kiesaħ for masculine singular, iktar kiesħa for feminine singular and iktar kesħin for plural. An invariant adjective keeps its single form. Aktar and iżjed also express greater degree.

Minn introduces the comparison standard. It combines with an article in mill-kafè, ‘than the coffee’, but remains separate before a demonstrative: minn dik, ‘than that one’. Possessive forms can replace understood nouns, including minn tagħkom, ‘than yours’ with plural possessors.

Compare Il-ħalib kiesaħ, ‘The milk is cold’, with Il-ħalib iktar kiesaħ mill-kafè, ‘The milk is colder than the coffee’. The second ranks temperatures; both drinks could still be warm.

Examples (3)

  1. Il-ħalib iktar kiesaħ mill-kafè.

    The milk is colder than the coffee.

    Masculine positive agreement and an article-bearing standard.

  2. Din il-kamra iktar kiesħa minn dik.

    This room is colder than that one.

    Feminine agreement and a demonstrative standard.

  3. Il-kmamar tagħna iktar kesħin minn tagħkom.

    Our rooms are colder than yours.

    Plural agreement; tagħkom replaces the comparison rooms.

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