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There are four types of adverb in this language, viz., 91) Adverb of time, (2) Adverb of place or direction, (3) Adverb of manner and (4) Adverb of degree.
Examples for each type are given below:

Adverb of Time:

myo polo Run aRet	‘(I) brought my ball yesterday’
1 2 3 4	[lit: my ball yesterday brought]
ho:dis behogiyi badet	‘he all ran on that day’
1 2 3	2 3 1 1
mo a: isne	‘I am not coming today’
1 2 3	1 3 3 2
mo Rotya isne	‘I shall not come tomorrow’
1 2 3	1 3 3 2
soya Run eyk maRet	‘he killed the bird yesterday’
1 2 3 4	1 4 3 2
mo Rotya yu:s	‘I shall come tomorrow’
1 2 3	1 3 2
ba Rotya bunuRa biyenes	‘we shall go to the village tomorrow’
1 2 3 4	1 2 4 3
sosa baRgakata ey maRya:l	‘he always kills birds’
1 2 3 4	1 2 4 3
ti ispodya ya:Rbo mo ut	‘I came before you came’
1 2 3 4 5	4 5 3 1 2
so sa:t dis ukna:v isubet 1 2 3 4 5	‘he will come after a week’ 1 5 4 2 3
so aqta bya :l	‘he comes daily’
1 2 3	1 3 2
soya tvaqpo susta go	‘he went to bed immediately’
1 2 3 4	1 4 3 2

Adverb of Place or Direction:

mo ane yu:s	‘I come here’
1 2 3	1 3 2
te paRi biya:len	‘they go there’
1 2 3	1 3 2
te ales igindi utva:len	‘they jump over the fence’
1 2 3 4	1 4 3 2
kita:po me:su gammine la	‘book is below the table’
1 2 3 4	1 4 3 2
kita:po me:su a la	‘book is on the table’
1 2 3 4	1 4 3 2
gotta putuR	‘behind the house’
1 2	2 1
aRuphyohs aRbe:ndyo	‘around the garden’
1 2	2 1
kheR bais	‘sit down’
1 2	2 1
dolo huna:R ha	‘sky is above’
1 2 3	1 3 2
pe khaR ha	‘earth is below’
1 2 3	1 3 2
lama paRitamaR ha	‘tree is yonder’
1 2 3	1 3 2
mo laquks aboniR has	‘I am near the tree’
1 2 3 4	1 4 3 2
soya be:ne go	‘he went away’
1 2 3	1 3 2
soya u:a:Ra go	‘he went up the hill’
1 2 3	1 3 2 2
o ganosa la	‘air is every-where’
1 2 3	1 3 2

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