|
inumu kė: u |
‘(you sg.) still listen’ |
|
veRude se:gä |
‘(he is) doing without purpose’ |
|
si ike kala:sine |
‘(I) little bit mixed’ |
|
ėttenikala:sine |
‘(I) little bit mixed’ |
|
seri va: |
‘alright, come’ |
|
seri ma i |
‘alright, talk’ |
| 4.22.2.2. Derived adverbs |
| Some noun stems in Urali take a suffix -a:yi or -ana and the resultant form will be a complex stem which will function as an adverb. |
| bese-a:yi (5.17) |
> |
beseya:yi |
‘speedily’ |
ne -ana |
> |
neana |
‘straight’ |
| 4.22.2.2.1 Adverbs from numerals |
| reu |
‘two’ |
rei |
‘twice’ |
| 4.22.2.3 Reduplicated adverbs |
| In the speech, certain adverbs are reduplicated to express the greater intensity in their meaning. |
|
maa maa |
‘slowly slowly’ |
|
siike siike |
‘little bit little bit’ |
|
inumu inumu |
‘still still’ |
| 4.23 Particles |
| Particles are those forms which cannot take either case suffixes or tense suffixes. Functionally certain particles are syntactical while the others are morphological elements. Particles may be simple, complex and can be free or bound forms. |
| 4.23.1 Adjectival post positions |
| Adjectival post positions occur after the nouns. In Urali, the adjectival post positions used are po:le ‘just as, ‘like’ and via ‘than,. Both are used in the sense of comparison. |
| pie-ne-via |
> |
pienevia |
‘than (the) child’ |
| ra:man-e-po:le |
> |
ra:manepo:le |
‘like Raman’ |
| ava ra:manevia aaga:nava |
‘She is beautiful than Raman’ |
| pie ra:manepo:le irakkadu |
‘child is like Raman’ |
| Free particles |
| Some particles can occur free and are capable of qualifying a noun. |
| ve:Re |
‘another’ |
| nanukku ve:Re ve:le ta: |
‘give me another work’ |
| 4.23.2 Adverbial post positions |
| The adverbial post positions constitute adverb phrases. These post positions occur along with nouns, verbs or other word classes. Among the post positions, certain forms occur after nouns in the constitution of a noun phrase denoting location. |
