Definition
Says the same thing in a different way; nothing added except vividness and prominence.
English examples
- She's a great teacher; she does a wonderful job in the classroom.
- Rejoice and be glad.
- I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.
Kovol examples
Synonyms
- Meme hig nonggong. Pasum nonggong.
“You secretly ate the things. You stole.
- “Nogul hum nangg. Om hogu ogo nangg
“We worked true, here we worked to skin.”
- Ig taun ege yangyam. Nom ab hulum ogoo yangyam.
"We will be going to town. We will be going to the coast"
- “Weli wondob nom a noloti. Eng undum teme undum nom endet wondob nom a nolot.
“Hit Weli, that he did, hit my daughter like that, that he did”
Negation
- Aleg agabi yoguwo, nom ogotolob aleg tolo mando holo wig.
"They left the big trail to go down, and they were not on the trail to go around the jungle."
- Ong mohis bili wig. Ong mohis yot enengg.
“He is not a good man. He is a bad man”
- Kobol kuligog mu əgə aminim. Tandengg əgə anggom.
"I will not say a long talk. A short talk I have said"
Kovol description
Synonyms
Equivalence by synonym tends to repeat the same final verb with different subjects.
Negation
Equivalence by negation juxtaposes two statements where either one is negated. This is quite a flexible pattern.
Degree of confidence
Medium
Equivalence can be quite flexible. It uses similar patterns to Head-amplification.
Steve thinks the important thing to note is that an exact repetition of a final verb marks equivalence and is not used for Sequential.