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ALFRED J. HALL : 



(1.) Interrogative Adverbs. 



Mas 



IMâsas ? or mûsïs u^î/.sda sa 



vvâ ils? 

 Mâsî giâda? 

 Mâzaiis ? 



Mfisfis dâakwâkûs ? 



Ek mas? 

 Wetlas ? 



Wetli ? 



AëkiiisSla mas? 

 Wihsî? 



How ? What ? 

 Wlial du you want ? 



What is this ? 



What are you doing or 



v}hat do you want ? (an 



impatient question) 

 What is in your hand or 



U'liat arc you carrying '/ 

 Are you well ? 

 Hoic are you ? (only of 



persons who are ill) 

 Eow is he ? 

 How are you f 

 What is it like f 



Mâsïs hi gitla us kvvikiâlî 'i 



Màsïs ïsîtla us giâi' 



wunûhw ? 

 Mâsklin? -i 



Wigilfiklin? / 



Wîhîd klin klak ? 

 WiUkw klin lâ-kl ? 



Wilâkw ta klin lâ-kl? 

 Gins punas ZâmSsïla ? 



?la 



Why do you speal; so, or, 

 lehat is tJie reason of yonr 



speaking thus f 

 Why do you not come uith- 



us? 

 What shall Ido ? (an Indian 

 would say this if you called 



him) 

 How shall I do it ? 

 Wlien shall I go? or I urill 



not go or / am not going 

 But when shall I go ? 

 How often have you been to 

 Victoria ? 



(2.) Adverbs op Manner. 



Aeliiâla 



Y ây âltiâkîlâla 



Aiiyâla 



Halsila 



Halsila mum fcwilâ 



Aul 



Aulin ekïkula 



Aulin nîk yûkl 



Hehïda-um 



Hehïda-um Itîyowït 



Aumun or au kâla mun or 



au mun giâi 

 Klfiklfiyû-nâkwila 



Do it nicely 

 Do it carelessly 

 Slowly (only used if walk- 

 ing) 

 Scarcely 



I am scarcely alive 

 Very, tndy, exceedingly 

 I am very happy 

 Verily, I say unto you 

 Suddenly 

 It suddenly disappeared 



In answer to the question 



/ want nothing or I only 

 came \ 



Alternately, one after the 

 other 



Himunitla-um 



Himunâtla-um zilika 



Ulak 



Ulakun kwihuls 



Yaula, înûhw 



Hînûma 



Hînûma huntlïduk 



NStlnurapuna 



Mâtlnumpunî gin là lâk 



Kwâtlkwunfda 



Kwâtlkwunfdi giu là lâk 



' What do you require ? " 

 Lëgî-nâkwila 



Là klin ûgwSkâ 



Always 



He is always ill 



Almost 



1 almost fell down 



Ever 



Purposely 



He shot it purposely 



Sometimes 



I sometimes go there 



Often 



1 often (JO there 



Following one after the 



other 

 I will also go after the 



other 



(3.) Negative Adverbs. 



Kï No, not Klyos 

 KIsin wîwûsTlâkâ 

 Kisiu zihKa-InuA'wa 

 Kiyosin dâla 



Kiyosin kwih-ida as lâwils 

 Kiyos bagwânum la um -i 

 d\\k wâ klilfi yaulâÂ; God / 



Not any, nothing 



I am not poor 



lam never ill 



I luirc no money 



T cannot go out 



No mari has ever seen God 



Kîsin là Inûhw lâk 



Wùtl-um 



Wutl-mi giuts là lâk 

 Wûtl-um wâtldum 

 Wûtl mun nia/: 



/ never go tlœrc (always 

 used with a negative) 



For nothing, vain 



We gained nothing by going 



Foolish talk 



I came in vain or / had no 

 purpose in coming 



The negative is sometimes expressed by hi and wi. The former always precedes the word it 

 modifies and the latter always follows it. Correctly speaking, î is the negative and the consonan..s 

 are prefixed when euphonic. Sometimes they are not used ; ism kaxihlila, or, liisin kauklUa, " I do 

 not know," are equally correct. 



(4.) Adverbs op Place. 



Kîlas 15/: gia 

 Kinum lu/.- gia 

 Has lâ/,-î da 



Come here 



'lliere are plenty here 



(to there 



Eki da 

 Kinum lâ/.ï da 



/( is good there 

 There are plenty tliei'e 



