| the first verb takes
place. They are added to the verbal noun. |
ne kedam (ahut) an(ta)
la pecobomla |
| ‘he will be eating until
I go (until |
the time of my going)’
|
| la kevaan ne dobomjila |
| ‘I will be staying until
his coming’ |
anta also
indicates that the action mentioned by the finite verb takes
place in spite of the fact that the action mentioned by the
non-finite verb takes place.
|
| ne carlipame anta ne
porikha pheldet |
‘though I studied well,
I failed in the examination’
|
| apran meme anta la iskul
kidun |
‘even though he is not
well, he goes to school’
|
| ne putadet
anta la an coce |
‘even though I told him,
he did not eat’
|
|
-anta also
expresses the extent to which the action mentioned by the finite
verb takes place.
|
| na
ne pi anta ne depo |
‘I will take as much as
you give’
|
| na
nepi anta ne copo |
‘I will eat as much as
you give’
|
| na
coji anta ne napipo |
‘I will give as much as
you eat’
|
|
3.5. |
ADVERBS |
The adverbs qualify the
verbs. They indicate the time, place and manner of action
mentioned by the verb. They are broadly classified into two
types, viz., primary and derived. |
Primary Adverbs
|
They can be divided into
different semantic groups, viz., time, place and manner adverbs.
They may be part of the verb stem or independent. The adverbs
that are part of the verb stem indicate the manner in which the
action is performed.
|
| ladak |
‘here’ |
| hadak |
‘there’ |
| rum |
‘down’ |
| acho
|
‘above, up’ |
| nahokta |
‘everywhere’ |
| aphra |
‘first, before’ |
| aphi |
‘last, after’ |
| adun |
‘secondly’ |
| kayta |
‘always’ |
| patumi |
‘yesterday’ |
| pini |
‘today’ |
| penap |
‘tomorrow’ |
| acar
|
‘at a distance’ |
|
