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ClassifiGaiion of Adverbs. 



§ 224. There is no deficiency of adverbs to express the various relations of time, 

 place, tfec. A few of each class will be given, and the others may be found in the 

 Dictionary. 



1. Of Time : loni (li oui), to-dmj ; lana (li ana), yederdmj ; lola (li ola), to-mor- 

 row ; lodiodzo (li od^o-odzo, § 63), daili/ ; lososu (liosu osu), montldy ; lekaq, 

 once; lemedi^i, ttvice ; nigbati, lolien ; nigbaua, then ; ki. . . to, before^ e. g. ki emi 

 to de, before I come. 



2. Of Place: nihiqyi (ui ihiq yi), here; nibe (ni ibe), there; loke (li oke), 

 uipwcurds ; lehiq (li ehiq), bachwards. 



3. Of Manner or Quality : di;ed^e, softly ; li okpolokn (^in ahmdance), abun- 

 dantly ; fi ogboq (ivitJi toisdom), wisely ; fi ika, crtielly ; fi agbara, powerfully., 

 violently. 



4. Of Quantity : kpo, okpo, much ; die, little ; to, enough ; bi . . . ti . . . kpo t6, 

 how much., e. g. bi mo ti fe loh kp6 to {as I hoto wish to-go much enotigh)., how 

 much I wish to go ! bi . . . ti, hou\ e. g. bi emi 6 ti se mo ? (as I shall how do to- 

 hiotv)., how shall I hnoio ? 



5. Of Comparison: d^u, more., exceedingly; gidigidi, diodzo, much., very ; 

 tdr), kpe, most., perfectly., completely; r^re, well; behe, bayi, so., thus; fere, 

 almost. 



6. Of Affirmation : eg, yes ; beheni, so., so it is., yes ; 6, yes. 



Y. Of Negation : ndau, n, no ; i)eheke, not so, no ; ki, k6, ko, ko, not ; to 

 which it may be added that any grave unaccented vowel, except ' a' and ' e,' is a 

 negative. 



8. Of Doubt: boya (bi 6 yA, if it Je), ^Je?7iqp^ ; bolese, bolesekpe (bi 6 le se 

 kpe, if it can be that)., if possible; kosekpe (ki 6 se kpe, tliat it be that)., if that., 

 suppose that. 



9. Of Interrogation : bawo ? (bi ewo, if what), hoio ? ese ? (eyi se, this is), why ? 

 nitorikini ? (niti ori kini, as to reason tohat), wherefore ? lohy ? 



Constrtiction of Adverbs. 



§ 225. As a general rule, adverbs follow the words which they qualify; as, mo 

 ri i loni, / saw him to-day. We may state, however, three exceptions to this 

 rule : 



1. The adverb is sometimes placed first for the sake of emphasis ; as, loni ni mo 

 ri i, to-day I saw him. But although this construction is emphatic, emphasis does 

 not always seem intended when it is employed. 



2. Adverbs of doubt, negation, and some others, generally precede the word 

 which they qualify ; as, boya yi 8 16h, perhaps he tvill go ; emi ko ri i, / did not 

 see him. 



3. Adverbial phrases composed of fi, with, and a noun, precede the verb ; as, 

 6 fi ogboi) se e (lie with ivisdom did it), he did it wisely. 



