There
are a few adverbs in Hmar that modify adjectives or other
adverbs in the sentence. They are, of course, very few
in number. Given below are few examples:
/á
hà
tàlúo/
‘it is very good’
/á
l:n
hrá:t tàlúo/
‘he walks very fast’
/à
thíem tàlúo/
‘(he) is very expert’
/à
m:i
é:m è:m/
‘it is very beautiful’
3.3.13.11
Degree
of Adverbs
Like
the adjectives, adverbs in Hmar also show inflection for
comparative and superlative degrees. Both are accomplished
by suffixation. The following examples could be seen :
Positive
Eng. Gl.
Comparative
Superlative
/hrá:t/
‘fast’
/hrát-lèm/
/hrá:t-tàk/
/múo/
‘slow’
/múo-lém/
/múo-ták/
/múocá:/
‘slowly’
/múocá:lèm/
/múocá:lèm’
/múoácá:ín/
‘slowly
and slowly’
/múocá:lè-
mìn/
/múocá:tàkìn/
/hrá:tn:ììn/
‘weakly’
/hrá:tn:lèmìn/
/hrú:tntàkìn/
/dámté:ìn/
‘gently’
/dámté:tè:ìn >
dámlémìn/
/dámdéutàkìn/
More
Examples :
/múocá:tàkìn/
‘slowly’
/hrá:ttàkìn/
‘strongly’
/ìnrátàkìn/
‘quickly’
/ình:nìktákìn/
‘sweetl’, ‘soundly’
/riúmtàkìn/
‘faithfully’
/múocá:tàk
lèmìn/
‘more slowly’
/hrá:t
lèmìn/
‘more strongly’
/ìnrá
lèmìn/
‘more quickly’
/ình
nìk lèmìn/
‘more
sweetly’
/ríùm
lèmìn/
‘more
faithfully’
/a
múocá:thèi
át:pìn/
‘as
slowly as possible’
/á
hrà:thèi át:pìn/
‘as
strongly as possible’
/á:nràthèi
á
t:pìn/
‘as
quickly as possible’
/á:nhnìk
thèi à
t:pìn/
‘as
sweetly as possible’
/a
rìùm
thèi à
t:pìn/
‘as
faithfully as possible’
Note
:
I
the superlative form, /t:pin/
may be alternately substituted by /tàkin/ to indicate
a state slightly less superlative than the former
form. This sub-division within the superlative is
a specialty of Hmar.
Since
Hmar has developed a fully in inflectional system, the
role of function words in this language is very important
both morphologically and syntactically. As has been seen
from the foregoing sections function words are extensively
used for the realisation of of verious morphological forms.
It has also been seen that function words play equally
significant roles in the realisation of various syntactic
relations.
Sometimes
some function word carries the case markers, and the whole
combination of a function word and in case-suffix together
make up one post position and follows the nouns. In some
cases, the function words themselves perform some grammatical
functions and follow the nouns or verbs directly without
some other elements affixed to them.
Function
words in this language generally occur post positionally.
3.4.2
Function
words with Case functions
The
use of the important function words that manifest case
function could be illustrated as under:
hà
tàlúo/ 
:n
hrá:t tàlúo/ 
/
:ììn/
:lèmìn/
tàkìn/
