so

The grammar particle so means "than", "as", or "compared to".

Comparison

When used with mese and menu it creates comparatives. Comparatives are phrases like "bigger than", "less cold than", etc., stating relative comparisons between things.

pawo tu le kima mese so pawo mi. - "Your dog is bigger than my dog"

mi le ju mese te makan so te antomi. - "I would rather eat than sleep", literally "I want more to eat than to sleep"

Equality/Similiarity

Another use of so is with saman “equal/same” and sone “different” to talk about similarity. This can be combined with sopa and cimi, "near" and "specific", to differentiate between things being exactly the same or just similar. Without them, the degree of similarity is implied through context, as is true of so much of Kokanu.

na le saman so ne. - "That is the same as this"

na le sone niju so ne. - "That is very different than this"

pawo na le si teka je saman cimi so pawo mi. - "That dog looks exactly like mine"

tu so ja le si teka je saman sopa la. - "You and him look similar!"

Superlatives

Unlike comparatives, superlatives state absolute comparisons: "best", "most enjoyable", "fastest". For this, you can use the phrase mese so ani, meaning "more than all".

mi le nin te wiki mese so ani. - "I am the fastest person", literally "I am the person that is faster than all"

mi le makan minuli mese so ani. - "I ate the most"

Grammar Rules

[prep](https://dictionary.kokanu.com/prep?lang=en)\ so tu le amo in matuwa mi "I, in comparison to you, love my parents" (similar to emphasis on the subjects)

[prep](https://dictionary.kokanu.com/prep?lang=en)\ le junja in menu makan so mi 'They have less food than me (lit. they have food of a quantity that is less in comparison to the quantity associated with me)

[prep](https://dictionary.kokanu.com/prep?lang=en)\ le kota je wiki mese so ta mi le nan te pen 'You talk faster than I can understand' (lit. you talk of a speed of a degree that is more in comparison to the degree associated with 'I can understand')

[verb](https://dictionary.kokanu.com/verb?lang=en) marker\ do the verb specified, in comparison to some other action being done by Y'_

mi le junja so tu in pawo 'I have, in comparison to you, a dog' (similar to emphasis on the verb)