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10. Adverbs. There are numerous adverbs in the language, but the most common are : —

Adverhs of Time.

Grekkakl, ' to-morrow.' Palli, ' while,' ' by-and-by.'

Grurintand, 'often.' ilauwul, 'a long time ago.'

Hik, ' now.' Ugunuk, ' when ' (relative).

Kaldau, ' a long time.' Wataggrau, ' yesterday.'

Karlo, ' to-day.' Yaral, ' when ' (interrogative).

Yun, ' by-and-by.' Adverhs of Negation.

Nowaiye, 'none.' Tarnalo, ' no more '; ' nevei'.'

Nowaiye ellin, 'no more.' Tarno, 'no'; 'not.'

Tarnalin, ' not yet.' Tauo, ' don't ' (imperative),

Tarno el, ' don't' (do it).

Adverhs of Place.

Aiau, ' by (at) that place.' Yak, yauo, ' where to.'

Akhi, alye, alyikke, 'here.' Yagi, 'where'?

Alyenik, ' this place here.' Yagalli, ' where is he'?

Kiuau, 'where' (relative). Yarnd, 'whence'?

Ku-un, 'far off.' Yarnd inde, 'whence thou'?

Ondu, ' over there.' Yarnd ande, 'whither thou'?

Exam2)les of the use of Adverhs.

Yak al inde tantani, ' where wall you sleep '; gurlug aiau, ' at-the-place-where the hill' (is); manti kiuau tantani ap, ' the hut where I shall sleep'; gap tagulun ku-un, 'I stand far off'; kegk tagulun ku-u, 'they two stand far off'; kar tagulun kuar-un, 'they stand far off.'

The word wunye, ' then,' usually coalesces wdth the pronoun or verb-sign which follows it ; as, wunyap, 'then I'; wunyar, ' then they '; wunyel itye, ' then will he.'

The words uk, ukke, luk, lun, 'so,' 'thus,' denote resemhiance ; as, luk war lun u, 'so,' 'thus'; luk itye yarnin, 'thus he speaks'; lun ellin, 'so being,' i.e., 'like'; luk ugge, 'like this one'; hikkai ukke, 'this way '; hil amb uk, 'for this way,' i.e., 'be- ecause '; lun uk, ' thus '; go uk ap, ' I go so.'

The word amby may be translated either 'instead of (prepo- sition) or 'because' (conjunction) ; as, kaldau amb, 'for a long time'; hil amb uk, 'because'; pinyatowe aid amb anai pel- berri means 'sugar for my tea.'

11. Notes on Syntax. 1. The form of the verb is constant in its mood and tenses ; only the pronoun-subjects vary.

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