DEGREES
To form the comparativ and superlativ degrees, the suffixes um, ün, are used.
Gudik, good ; gudikum, better; gudikün, best.
Gudiko, well; gudikumo, better, in a better manner; gudikün, in the best manner.
These endings um, ün, may be added even to nouns; flenün obik, my best friend. Binom solatum ka ob, he is more of a soldier than I.
Umo, üno, are used as separate words meaning in greater degree, in the greatest degree. Binom umo solat ka bolitel, he is more of a soldier than of a politician.
EXERCISE 16
Ka, than. äs, as. Suno, soon.
Binob bäledikum ka om. Buk at binom gudikum ka et. Dom obsik no binom so gletik äs olsik : binom smalikum. Penol gudikumo ka ob. Binob flen ola divodikün. Spelob das binol in saun gudik, o flen divikük ! Volapük binom pük nefikulikün in vol lölik.
I am more healthy than you. I have larger hands than you. The dog has larget than the cat. What book is the best in the whole world ? I have not so many books as you, but I read more [books]. What is the easiest languain the whole world ? I do not know a language which is easier than Volapük.
TENSES
Each of the tenses has one of the vowels as its peculiar sign: [a], ä, e, i, o, u.
| for the present or | patüp | a |
| for the past (imperfect), or | pätüp | ä |
| for the perfect, or | petüp | e |
| for the past-perfect (pluperfect), or | pitüp | i |
| for the future, or | potüp | o |
| for the future perfect, or | putüp | u |
