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Classification of Adverbs. 



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

 place, &c. A few of each class will be given, and the othera may be found in the 

 Dictionary. 



1. Of Time : loni (li oni), to-day / lana (li ana), yesterday / lola (li ola), to-mor- 

 row ; lod^od^o (li odi;o-od^o, § 63), daily ; lo^o^u (lio^u osu), momOdy ; lekaq, 

 mice I lemedi;!, twice ; nigbati, when ', nigbana, thmi j ki. . . to, before^ e. g. ki emi 

 to de, hefore I come. 



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

 xipwards ; lehig (li ehiq), backwards. 



3. Of Manner or Quality : di;ed:?;e, softly / li okpoloko (in ahundance)^ abun- 

 dantly ; fi ogboq {with toisdom)^ loisely ; fi ika, cruelly ; fi agbara, poiverfully, 

 violently. ' 



4. Of Quantity : kp6, okpo, mioch ; die, little ; to, enough / bi . . . ti . . . kp6 t6, 

 Jww much^ e. g. bi mo ti fe 16h kp5 to (as I how wish to-go much enough^^ how 

 much I wish to go I bi . . . ti, how.^ e. g. bi emi 6 ti ^e m5 ? (as I shall how do to- 

 Tcncno)^ how sliall ITcnotc ? 



5. Of Comparison: d^ti, more, exceedingly; gidigidi, di;od;^o, much, very ; 

 tdq, kpe, most, perfectly, completely; rere, well; behe, bayi, so, thus; fere 

 almost. 



6. Of Affirmatio7i : eq, yes ; beheni, so, so it is, yes ; 6, yes. 



T. Of Negation : ndau, n, no ; beheke, not so, no ; ki, kd, k6, k6, 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 y^, if it be), perhaps ; bol^^e, bolfe^ekpe (bi 6 le se 

 kpe, if it can be that^, if possible; kosekpe (ki 6 6e kp^,- that it be thai), if tliat, 

 suppose that. 



9. Of Interrogation : bawo ? (bi ewo, if what), Iww f ese ? (eyi se, this is), tohy ? 

 nitorikini ? (niti ori kini, as to reason what), wherefore ? why ? 



Const/ruction 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 satv him. But although this construction is emphatic, emj)hasis does 

 not ahvays seem intended when it is employed. 



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

 which they qualify; as, boya yi o \6h., perhaps he will go ; emi ko ri i, / did not 

 see him. 



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

 6 fl ogboi) ^e e (he with wisdom did it), he did it loisely. 



