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ADVERBS
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8.0
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Adverbs are a class of words
which can be used to qualify a verb. They always precede the verb.
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Adverbs can be divided into three classes, simple, complex and
compound.
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8.1
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Simple Adverbs
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Adverbs of this class are monomorphemic. This is numerically the
largest class and this class of adverbs are unmarked morphologically. They
are of three types.
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8.1.1
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Adverbs of time : |
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re?ila
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‘yesterday’
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ni:nju
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‘today’
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vi?e
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‘tomrrow’
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ne?e
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‘now’
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dinomi
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‘daily’
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eccalava
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‘always’
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8.1.2
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Adverbs of place |
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imba?a
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‘here’
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umba?a
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‘there’ |
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emba?a
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‘there’ (far away) |
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te:leń i
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‘below’
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 aggara
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‘near’
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laggo
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‘on top of’ |
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8.1.3
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Adverbs of manner |
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ra:hâ
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‘like’
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ha:raka
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‘very’
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di:re
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‘slowly’ |
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gaţţi
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‘loudly’
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8.1.4
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Descriptive Adverbs |
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Many words which are basically adjectives function as adverbs depending
on their place in the sentence.
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kajja
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‘big’
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u:ńa
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‘small’
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ojja
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‘beautiful’
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nehi
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‘good, well’
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8.2.
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Complex Adverbs |
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Complex adverbs are those derived from
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8.2.1
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adjectival stems by the addition of -ni´ga.
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poŗugu
po:da
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‘tall girl’
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po:da poŗuguni´ga
manne
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‘girl is tall’
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kursa a:ba
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‘short man’
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a:ba kursani´ga
manne
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‘man is short’
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8.2.2
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Verbal stems by the adition of -hĩ |
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pinj-
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‘jump’
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pinjihĩ
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‘jumping’
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evasi pinjipinjihihĩ
haccesi
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‘He went jumping’
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