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    A Russian soldier is talking about his experience in a KL in WWII as a KG /PW. He was ordered to carry the feed for the people in a barrack, where almost everyone was sick. He says: "Дали мне помощника из этого барака, того, что был посильней. И начали мы носить ....".
    I have partly translated: "They gave me an assistant from this barrack, this one that was stronger". But I am not at all OK with this version. посильный means "possible", not the comparative degree "сильнее". Apart from this, it is here like a fem. adjec. Where is the noun qualified? I suppose this is творительный падеж.
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    Да, это два разных слова.

    1. Сильный - сильнее/сильней - сильнейший = самый сильный = сильнее всех.
    Посильнее/посильней = немного сильнее.
    (Приставка по- придаёт прилагательному уменьшительный оттенок, смягчает).

    Там все были больные и он тоже, но в помощники его выбрали, потому что он выглядел посильней других.

    (Не знаю, по-моему здесь посильней просто сравнительная степень, а не творительный падеж.)


    2. Посильный (груз) = груз по силам (кому-то) = A load (weight) chosen according to smbd's strength.

    Это мне по силам = Я смогу это сделать (может быть что-угодно) или Я смогу это поднять и нести.
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    Tks

    Thank you for your very interesting answer. However I have the prefix по- with various meanings as for verbs, I hadn't seen this as "only a little more..." in comparative. Surely I shall find it somewhere finally. You are very wise !

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    Re: Tks

    Quote Originally Posted by radomir
    Thank you for your very interesting answer. However I have the prefix по- with various meanings as for verbs, I hadn't seen this as "only a little more..." in comparative. Surely I shall find it somewhere finally. You are very wise !
    Я добавила слово прилагательному в мой ответ. По- с глаголами - это что-то другое.
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    Re: Tks

    Quote Originally Posted by radomir
    Thank you for your very interesting answer. However I have the prefix по- with various meanings as for verbs, I hadn't seen this as "only a little more..." in comparative. Surely I shall find it somewhere finally. You are very wise !
    The comparative ending - ее сan be shortened to -ей.
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    It was clear

    Your answer has cleared both the meaning of the phrase and the "ей".
    I note down the mention of Taty, this shortening: сильнее = сильнейэ > сильней. Tks.

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