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 F. The chief adverbs of manner and degree are the following:—
 * Fàtratra, earnestly.
 * Tsimòramòra, easily.
 * Tsikèlikèly, little by little.
 * Tsipòtipòtika, piecemeal, in small quantities, bit by bit.
 * Loàtra, too, exceedingly.
 * Kòa, too, also.
 * Kòsa, on the contrary, on the other hand.


 * Àza, || || rowspan="2"|even.
 * Àvy, ||
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 * Àvy, apiece, each, individually (as, nomèna sikàjy àvy ìzy, 'they were given sixpence each').
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 * Àvy, apiece, each, individually (as, nomèna sikàjy àvy ìzy, 'they were given sixpence each').


 * Saìky, or saìka, || || rowspan="2"|almost, all but (used of something nearly, but not quite, effected).
 * Vaìky, or vaìka, ||
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 * Vaìky, or vaìka, ||
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 * Sàmy, || || rowspan="2"|respectively, individually, wholly. Sàmy precedes, and àvokòa follows, the qualified word; as, sàmy màrina (or, màrina àvokòa) ìzy rehètra, 'they are all (individually) true'.
 * Àvokòa, ||
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 * Hakìtro, to the heels. The prefix ha- (short for hàtra, 'up to') is so used with the name of almost any part of the body.
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 * Hakìtro, to the heels. The prefix ha- (short for hàtra, 'up to') is so used with the name of almost any part of the body.



 There are only a few prepositions in the Malagasy language, their place being supplied by a large number of prepositional phrases or compound prepositions: these are formed by prefixing a-, am-, an-, or i- to nouns. 