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| - | ====== Descriptive words: Adverbs ====== | ||
| - | Adverbs are the words that modify verbs (hence the name) and other descriptive words. Adverbs usually express location (place, space), time and frequency, manner. There are not many adverbs in Nûrlâm' | ||
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| - | ==== New words ==== | ||
| - | * dhu (down[wards], | ||
| - | * ghu (above, up[wards]) -- place, direction | ||
| - | * gûth (almost, nearly) -- manner | ||
| - | * idh (out[wards]) -- place, direction | ||
| - | * krut (back[wards], | ||
| - | * mag (too much) -- manner | ||
| - | * nokh (once, one time) -- time, frequency | ||
| - | * sha (together) -- manner | ||
| - | * sharz (very) -- manner | ||
| - | * tîr (straight) -- direction | ||
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| - | ===== Making adverbs from adjectives ===== | ||
| - | Very few adverbs have the same form as adjectives (or other word classes): | ||
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| - | ==== New words ==== | ||
| - | * raih (seldom, rarely) < adj. " | ||
| - | * thil (often, frequently) < adj. " | ||
| - | * zârsh (today) < noun -- time | ||
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| - | In majority of cases you need to add suffix **// | ||
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| - | ==== New words ==== | ||
| - | * akt__ûrz__ (precise) => akt__arz__ (precisely) | ||
| - | * durt (sure) => durt__arz__ (surely, of course) | ||
| - | * farkh (left) => farkh__arz__ (at the left, to the left) | ||
| - | * forg (right) => forg__arz__ (at the right, to the right) | ||
| - | * hîs (fast, quick) => hîs__arz__ (quickly) | ||
| - | * kog (true, real) => kog__arz__ (truly, really, actually, indeed) | ||
| - | * mûl (road, path) => mûl__arz__ (by the way) | ||
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| - | ===== Word order ===== | ||
| - | The following rules are applied to position of adverbs in sentence: | ||
| - | - if adverb modifies the verb, it is placed **after** the verb | ||
| - | - if adverb modifies the adjective that precedes the noun, then adverb is placed **before** the adjective | ||
| - | - if adverb modifies the adjective that is placed after the noun, then adverb is placed **after** the adjective | ||
| - | - if adjective has a modifying adverb, it can**not** join the noun as a //clitic// | ||
| - | - if several adverbs precede the same word, they are ordered as Time--Manner--Place | ||
| - | - if several adverbs follow the same word, they are ordered as Place--Manner--Time | ||
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