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Correlative construction
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There is an idiomatic correlative construction involving the ordinal superlative earst first and the superlative bêste best.

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There is an idiomatic correlative construction involving the superlative which characteristically occurs in attributive position, as shown below:

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a. By de earste de bêste gelegenheid
at the.CG first the.CG best opportunity.CG
At the earliest possible opportunity
b. Hja giene nei it earste it bêste hotel
they went to the.NG first the.NG best hotel.NG
They went to the first hotel they hit upon

The examples also illustrate that the two articles have the same gender as the noun of which they are attributed. The second superlative, assuming earst first to be a superlative as well, could also be found after the noun in older Frisian:

2
By de earste gelegenheid de bêste
at the.CG first opportunity.CG the.CG best
At the earliest possible opportunity

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Literature

More details can be found in Hoekstra (1989).

References
  • Hoekstra, Jarich1989Earste de bêsteFriesch Dagblad02-09Taalsnipels 120
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