/ìetíta$
á th:
ám á ná ?/
(how) (he) (do) (*) (he) (*)
‘how did he do this ?’
/visú:n
ìetín
ám à úm á?/ or,
/visú:n
ìem à cá
á?/
(today) (what) (he) (become)(he)
‘how is he today?’
/ìe
chén àm á:ndìk á?/
(what) (upto) (Ø)
(true) (that)
‘how far was that (report) true ?’
/ìedíà
/ìeàdínà
/ìedá
á
th:
ám áná ?/
/khá:à
íth
èl khà (cu) á màk dè :/
‘how kind of you to do that ?’
/vi
ìezá:m
ká hrìl dí
cè ánà :/
‘how kind of you been cautioned ?’
/í:nvè:t dè :/
or, /ìvá:nvè:t dè :/
‘what a foolish fellow you are ?’
/ì náuhá:i cù án vàr dè:/
or,
/ná:uvár ìlóu nèi
ánì hì tíe/
‘what clever sons you have ?
Stative
Adverbs
/khàkhán/ssn/
‘there’
/hìhínláihín/
‘here’
/hín/lá:ihán/hílá:ihiín/
‘here’
/khán/lá:ikhán/khá:ikhán/
‘there’
/cúléicún/
‘hence’
/cútákà
ìnthk
cún/
‘thence’
/tíehín/
‘hither’
/tíekhán/
‘thither’
/àh/sùáh/sú:tíe/
‘in’
/pùotìe/púo-àh/
‘out’
/hùomsú:/sú:áh/
‘within’
/cútìe/cúàh/
‘above’
/hnúoitìe/hnúoiàh/
‘below’
/sù:àh/sú:/
‘inside’
/púo/púo-àh/
‘outside’
/hlá/hláták(èl)/
‘far’
/hnái/hnái
dèu(èl)/
‘near’
3.3.13.4
Relative
Adverbs
The
adverbs that relate a subordinate clause withe the principal
clause are known a relative adverbs. Unlike English
the relative adverbs in Hmar are not always idetical
with interrogative pronouns.
The
following examples in sentence could be seen.
/hílá:ihí ánìh kán ùm ná
cù/
(here) (it is) (our) (stay) (is)
‘this is where we live’
títa$
á th
:
ám á ná ?/
isú:n
ìe
á
th
hà
(lèm) anél/
