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Rh adverbs. [sic]

Adjectives are constantly used as adverbs, e.g. chûn-mān, the boat is slow. chûn kiâⁿ-mān, the boat moves slow(ly).

A few common adverbs are subjoined.


 * —pa-lak, ho̍k, bô-tiāⁿ-tie̍h.
 * pa-lak ũ-chûn hó-tah,
 * perhaps there is a boat on which (you) may embark.
 * m̄-chai pa-lak ũ-bé hó-khiâ,
 * perhaps there is a horse on which you may ride.
 * ho̍k-ũ-kiē hó-chõ,
 * perhaps there is a sedan which you may take (lit. sit).
 * ho̍k-chiá huang thàu bô-jie̍h-kú chiũ-kàu,
 * perhaps the wind will blow, then in no time at all you will be there.


 * —chì; ke̍k; sīm; chãi; nẽⁿ.
 * ke̍k-tōa,
 * extremely large; hó-chãi, very good.
 * thiⁿ-sî sĩm-jua̍h,
 * the weather is exceedingly hot.
 * suaⁿ nẽⁿ sĩ-kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ,
 * the mountain is, O, very high.
 * hái-tói chhim-chãi,
 * the sea is very deep.
 * kan-khóu-chãi,
 * very hard (to bear).
 * oh-chãi,
 * very difficult. chì-chhám-chãi, very severe.


 * —chha-m̄-to.
 * hiám-chhái àiⁿ-ka-lau̍h,
 * very nearly it was about to fall.
 * hiám-hiám m̄-kìⁿ,
 * almost lost sight of it.
 * lím-lím àiⁿ-pua̍h,
 * nearly about to fall, or, nearly ready to fall.
 * chiang-kṳ̃n gō-sí,
 * nearly starved to death.
 * chua̍h-se-su õi-ji̍p-káng,
 * just a little more and then could have entered the channel.


 * —sit-chãi; kúaⁿ-chin.
 * úa si̍t-chãi kāng-lṳ́-tàⁿ,
 * verily I say unto you.
 * chí-kâi-sṳ̄ kúaⁿ-chin sĩ a-m̄-sĩ,
 * this matter is it truly so or not?
 * chin-chin si̍t-si̍t,
 * veritably true.
 * tùi-tùi,
 * exactly.


 * —hán--tit,
 * rarely had; hán-ũ, rarely have.
 * chié-ũ,
 * seldom have.
 * hṳ́-kâi-kok chié-ũ,
 * in that kingdom they rarely have (it so).
 * sng-soh hán-ũ,
 * ice and snow (they) seldom have.
 * oh-chhūe,
 * hard to find.
 * khṳ̀ tî-kò chhūe,
 * where will you go to find it?


 * —sî-siêⁿ; siêⁿ-siêⁿ; lú-chhṳ̀.
 * chōi-chōi-hûe pat-ji̍p,
 * many times he has been in.