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 Unnug bo, 'Tiitlierto.' Takoun-ta ? 'at what time?

"VVakal-wakal, ' ouce-once,' — an when ?'

idiomjfor' seldom.' Tanti-kat-ai, 'hence forward,'

Taki-ta, 'now'; at the time 'forever'; ZiV., 'thus always.'

spoken of. Yuki-ta, 'afterwards.'

Taki-ta bo, 'instantly'; at the Yuraki, 'long since, formerly,

selfsame moment spoken of. long ago.'

Note. — Iteration is expressed by a particular form of the verb ; as, Buntt^a-kanun, ' will strike again. '

5. Of Quantity.

Butti, 'more' ; meaniDg, 'con- Minnan ? 'what quantity? how tinue the action.' much? how many?'

Kauwal-lag, ' largely, much, Tantoa, 'enoiigh, sufficiently.'

abundantly.' Warea-lag, 'little, sparingly.'

Kirun, ' all.' Winta, ' a part, a portion.'

6. Of Q^uality or Manner.

Kara, 'slowly, deliberately.' Por-rdl, ' heavily' ; cf. por-rol.

Kurra-kai, 'quickly' ; also equi- AYir-wir, 'cheerfully, lightly' ; valent to the phrase 'make cf. wir, as a verb, 'to fly like

haste.' the down of a bird.'

"\Yogkal-lag, 'foolishly ' ; cf. wogkal, 'deaf, stupid, foolish.'

7. Of Bovht. Mirka, 'perhaps.' Mirka-ta,' perhaps so, possibly.'

8, Of Affirmation.

E-c, 'yes.' Yanti bo ta, 'yes, just as it is.'

Kau-wa, 'yea.' Yuna bo ta, 'verily, certainly,

Tokol bo ta, 'truly, in truth really'; Jit., 'there it is

itself ' ; cf. tokol, 'straight.' itself.'

9. Of Negation.

Kea-wai, ' nay.' Ta-raran, ' it is not,' sc, the

Kea-wa-ran, 'no.' thing affirmed.

Yikora, kora, korien, ' no, not.'

10. Of Interrofjation.

Koi'a-koa ? 'why not?' Yako-ai ? 'how?' meaning ' in

Minarig-tin ? 'why? where- what manner?' answer, yan-

fore?' ti, 'thus.'

Wouuen ? 'how? which way?' answer, gia-kai, 'this way.'

XoTE. — Other modifications will be better miderstood from the Illustra- tive sentences.

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