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wo  rat  to It  th ‘He  was  here  uptil  night’
1  5  2
 

wo 

ek 

kta 

ma  ayo  ‘He  came  with  in  an  hour’
5   3
 

wa

be

w ní   ai  ‘She  did  not  come  in  time’
2
 

hũ

axIr 

w

ayo 

‘I 

came 

last’

2-3


(iv) Adverbials such as /pIcch/, /plã/, /ndr/ when follows the nominal phrase of time with or without the postposition /dũ/ denote the temporal adverb phrase.
 

Examples are :
 

car 

bjã

 dũ  

pIcch€ 

‘after 

four 

o’clock’

1

 2  3-4  2

ek 

kta

nd

‘with 

in 

an 

hour’

3  3  2

ek 

kta 

ndr 

‘with in 

an 

hour’

1

 2  3  4  3-4  2

ek 

bja 

dũ

 plã 

‘before 

one 

o’clock’

1  2  4  3-4  2

As in

car 

bja 

dũ 

pIcch 

aIye 

‘(Please) 

come 

after 

four  o’clock’

3-4  2

Us 

n  

ek 

 k

ndr  ‘He  finished  the  work

1 

1-2  7  6

k

mUkayo 

within 

an 

hour’

4

wo 

ek 

bja 

dũ  

plã 

It  ‘He  reached  here  before

1

4-5

pcyo 

one 

o’clock’

3

Manner adverbial phrases are formed variously in the language such as by adding the postposition /na/ to an adverb or an infinitival oblique form or a noun phrase; by adding /g/ adverbial to the verbal base form which also marks the penultimate action in the sentence and also by /trá/ or /rá/ after the noun phrases.
 

A few examples are given below :
 

jor 

na 

‘loudly, 

with 

force’

1

 2  1

kr 

na  

‘by 

doing’

1

trika 

na  

‘in 

order’

1

h

g€ 

‘slowly, 

by 

stopping’

1
ţ g   ‘by  covering’

1

Ise 

trá

2

Is

rá  

‘like 

this’

1

 2  1

As in

wo

jor 

na  

bol

  ‘He  speaks  loudly/with  force’

3  4  4-5  2-3

wo 

k kr   na mir  ‘He  became  rich  by

1

 3   1  6  4

hoyo 

dint  of  work’
6 2

h

g  

bol 

‘Speak 

slowly/

by 

stopping

1

 

 2 

 

3

 

 3 

 

1-1 

 

2

 

 1

 

 

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