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====Adverbial Pronouns====

Adverbial pronouns indicate how an action is performed or in what state something is. They are also used to form comparisons.

Adverbial pronouns are always grammatically feminine. The default adverbial pronouns is ''si'' "like; the way/manner of –", which must occur as the head of a nominal phrase. The instrumental ''sii'' "like –; in the way of –; –ly" is used when describing actions.

:e.g. ''care si'' "an angry way; angrily"; ''shari si'' "like a dog; the way of a dog" (notice that ''shara'' "dog" is in the genitive)

::''Usú shari si.'' "He is '''like a dog'''." (lit.: "He is '''the way of a dog'''.")

::''Care sis galé.'' "He entered '''angrily'''." (lit.: "He entered '''in an angry way'''.")

::''Shari sis galé.'' "He entered '''like a dog'''." (lit.: "He entered '''in the way of a dog'''.")

There are also proximal and distal adverbial pronouns: ''sina'' "like this; in this way" and ''soona'' "like that; in that way". They decline as the proximal demonstrative.

:e.g. ''Atú soona'' "You are '''like that'''"; ''Sinas ardi'' "Run '''like this'''"

====Interrogative Pronouns====

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*''ma mitta (m.); ma mitti (f.)'': synonymous to ''ma ka/ta'' but only for singular

*''ma si'': like what; how (condition) - e.g. ''Ma si ati?'' "'''How''' are you?"

*''ma sis'' (instrument of ''ma si''): in what way - e.g. ''Ma sis tana daqaa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this~~/these~~?"

*''ma sis'' (instrument of ''ma si''): in what way - e.g. ''Ma sis tana daqaa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this?"

===Verbs===

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+====Adverbial Pronouns====
+Adverbial pronouns indicate how an action is performed or in what state something is. They are also used to form comparisons.
+Adverbial pronouns are always grammatically feminine. The default adverbial pronouns is ''si'' "like; the way/manner of –", which must occur as the head of a nominal phrase. The instrumental ''sii'' "like –; in the way of –; –ly" is used when describing actions.
+:e.g. ''care si'' "an angry way; angrily"; ''shari si'' "like a dog; the way of a dog" (notice that ''shara'' "dog" is in the genitive)
+::''Usú <b>shari si</b>.'' "He is '''like a dog'''." (lit.: "He is '''the way of a dog'''.")
+::''<b>Care sis</b> galé.'' "He entered '''angrily'''." (lit.: "He entered '''in an angry way'''.")
+::''<b>Shari sis</b> galé.'' "He entered '''like a dog'''." (lit.: "He entered '''in the way of a dog'''.")
+There are also proximal and distal adverbial pronouns: ''sina'' "like this; in this way" and ''soona'' "like that; in that way". They decline as the proximal demonstrative.
+:e.g. ''Atú <b>soona</b>'' "You are '''like that'''"; ''<b>Sinas</b> ardi'' "Run '''like this'''"
 ====Interrogative Pronouns====
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 *''ma mitta (m.); ma mitti (f.)'': synonymous to ''ma ka/ta'' but only for singular
 *''ma si'': like what; how (condition) - e.g. ''<b>Ma si</b> ati?'' "'''How''' are you?"
-*''ma sis'' (instrument of ''ma si''): in what way - e.g. ''<b>Ma sis</b> tana daqaa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this/these?"
+*''ma sis'' (instrument of ''ma si''): in what way - e.g. ''<b>Ma sis</b> tana daqaa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this?"
 ===Verbs===