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Rinap adverbs, which qualify various word classes (e.g. verbs) and clauses, are most often placed at the end of sentences and come in many categories: | Rinap adverbs, which qualify various word classes (e.g. verbs) and clauses, are most often placed at the end of sentences and come in many categories: | ||
Adverbs of manner: Can be formed from adjectives by changing the last vowel according to vowel change pattern and adding a '-ku' postfix: 'henu' → 'heniku' where 'good' → 'well'. This works with comparatives as well so that 'beldo' → 'hobeldo' → 'hobeldeku' is | Adverbs of manner: Can be formed from adjectives by changing the last vowel according to vowel change pattern and adding a '-ku' postfix: 'henu' → 'heniku' where 'good' → 'well'. This works with comparatives as well so that 'beldo' → 'beldeku' is 'slow' → 'slowly' from which 'hobeldo' → 'hobeldeku' is 'slower' → 'more slowly' and 'hobeldut' → 'hobeldetuk' for 'slowest' → 'most slowly'. Example of use: 'Brelehxu odoziku!' 'Run fast!' | ||
Adverbs of time, place and degree: These | Adverbs of time, place and degree: These are words such as 'now' ('urt' in Rinap), 'today' ('kualox'), 'here' ('gewa') and 'many' ('hoxi'). | ||
Example: 'Beam beldeku po kweo knuang.' means 'I'm slowly going there at the moment.' | |||
The order of the adverbs is not very restricted, but adverbs which determine adjectives, usually follow the head: 'wy ket doile '''roh'''' 'a '''very''' beautiful place'. | |||
==Particles== | ==Particles== | ||