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=== Comparative and superlative ===

== Proposal 1 ==
  * comparative is formed by appending the affix **-er-** to the positive-stem or by using the word for //more//  (**mër** in [[references#sch12|sch12]]) in front of the positive
  * superlative is formed by appending the affix **-est-** to the positive-stem or by using the word for //most// (**mëst** in [[references#sch12|sch12]]) in front of the positive
  * references: [[references#wor02|wor02]]:2, [[references#sko03|sko03]]:3, [[references#par06|par06]]:6-7, [[references#goe09|goe09]]:17, [[references#par11|par11]]:14-15, [[references#sch12|sch12]]:5
  
== Proposal 2 ==
  * comparative is formed by appending the affix **-re** to the positive-stem
  * superlative is formed by appending the affix **-ste** to the positive-stem
  * references: [[references#cha07|cha07]]

== Proposal 3 ==
  * comparative is formed by suffixing **-ere** to the positive stem
  * superlative is formed by suffixing **-est** to the positive stem
  * This would allow the suffix **-er** to serve as the plural without conflict, e.g. **de grot, de grotere, de grotest** (singular) and **de groter, de groterer, de grotester** (plural).

== Negatives ==

It needs to be decided how to implement negative comparatives and superlatives (English "less", "least"; Esperanto "malpli", "malplej"). The obvious way is by means of adverbial particles, e.g. **minder** and **minst**, acting like detached prefixes.

== With Participles ==

Are the comparative and superlative endings used with participles? If not, the alternative is (presumably) to use "more" and "most", e.g. "more interesting" and "most interesting" (rather than "interestinger" and "interestingest").

=== Adjectives ===

== Proposal 1 ==
  * formed by using the bare attribute placed before the noun they refer to
  * no declination according to the corresponding noun
  * no kng-congruence
  * may be used as nouns
  * references [[references#wor02|wor02]]:2, [[references#sko03|sko03]]:3, [[references#par06|par06]]:6, [[references#goe09|goe09]]:14, [[references#sch12|sch12]]:5

=== Abstract nouns ===

A question for the adjectives is whether they should have their abstract nouns derived from them (e.g. //ugly// and //ugliness//) or be derived from their abstract nouns (e.g. //beauty// and //beautiful//). The simplest approach would be to always derive the abstract noun with the **-heid**-suffix but an alternative would be to follow the trends of the source languages. This would make Folkspraak more naturalistic at the cost of slightly reduced regularity.

=== Adverbs ===

== Proposal 1 ==
  * attributive adverbs are formed by appending the affix **-lik-** to the attribute similar to **-ly** in English
  * there are a couple of natural non-attributive adverbs like the words for //here//, //there//, //then//, //always//
  * references: [[references#wor02|wor02]]:3, [[references#sko03|sko03]]:3

== Proposal 2 ==
  * attributive adverbs are formed by using the bare attribute similar to the situation in German
  * two intensive adverbs are **sêr** (//very//) in par06 and **tô** (//too//)  in par06
  * references: [[references#par06|par06]]:7, [[references#goe09|goe09]]:14, [[references#par11|par11]]:13-14, [[references#sch12|sch12]]:11
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