Word0.7% of everything written
lebi
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- Where it comes from
- Indonesian/Malay lebih
- Group
- Qualities and ideas
- First taught
- Lesson 16
- How often it is used
- 45 times in running Amadunia — 0.7% of every word written, the 32nd commonest root. Counted upstream over the lessons, texts and phrasebook; the whole curve.
- In the published corpus
- 41 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. That is a narrower measure than the one above — only sentences carrying an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.
- Looked up in English as
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- More than one
- lebi-lebi — the noun said twice, joined by a hyphen. Nothing is added and nothing inside the word changes, so nothing can become irregular. The rule.
In use12 shown
Sentences that use it.
Every one written by hand and checked against the rules. Shortest first.
- Lebi libro, plis!More books, please!lessons/lesson-16-school-and-time
- Mi mau lebi ca.I want more tea.lessons/lesson-16-school-and-time
- Dom ini lebi kabir.This house is bigger.lessons/lesson-18-comparing-and-joining
- Es lingua-lingua lebi eski.There are languages older.texts/text-3-lingua-ini
- Anak no lebi hao.The child is no better.texts/text-6-seti-din
- Kucing kimbia lebi hayai.The cat runs faster.texts/text-23-kim-paling-hayai
- Bage itu lebi kabir.That garden is bigger.texts/text-26-dom-eski
- Es kamisa lebi keci?Is there a smaller shirt?phrasebook
- Lebi ca, plis. Aur pan!More tea, please. And bread!lessons/lesson-16-school-and-time
- Bahari lebi kabir dari sungai.The sea is bigger than the river.lessons/lesson-19-home-and-nature
- Tren lebi hayai dari auto.The train is faster than the car.lessons/lesson-19-home-and-nature
- Asman lebi kabir dari bahari.The sky is bigger than the sea.lessons/lesson-20-colours-and-health
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