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 B. The Adverbs of negative, affirmation, or doubt, are the following:—

Of the two last words, tàhiny is used of suppositions, sèndra not of suppositions. Thus, sèndra nahìta àzy ìzy, 'he happened to meet them'; ràha tàhiny mahìta àzy ìzy, 'if he should happen to meet them'.

C. The interrogative adverbs are the following:—
 * 1. Of place:—
 * aìza, (present), taìza (past), where?
 * hò aìza (future), whither? going where?
 * àvy taìza (lit. came from where?), whence? from what place?
 * 2. Of time:—
 * ovìana (past) ràhovìana (future), when? [contracted from ràha, ovìana].
 * 3. Of manner, &c.:—
 * ahòana, how? (used also as an interjection, How!)
 * manào (past, nanào; future, hanào) ahòana, in what manner, of what kind or quality? [literally, doing what? or, acting how?]