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‘ even a little,’ * very slightly.’ 
‘ even much,’ ‘very much.’ 
fiT^ZT^o', ‘ absolutely and entirely.’ 
‘ even this much.’ 
211. 
By inserting *r 
between two advorbs, indefiniteness is ex- 
pressed. 
Examples-— 
‘ in some place or other.’ 
‘ even at some time or other.’ 
VJF5T VJ 
‘ now-a-days.’ 
212. 
Adverbs are sometimes compounded. Thus — 
‘ continually.’ 
sift 
‘ never.’ 
‘ twice each.’ 
213. 
They are capable of being declined, like substantives ; e. g. 
‘from now,’ sfiV-ig 
1 from when ’ ? ‘ of here ; ’ but they or 
adjectives 
used adverbially do not change for gender : e. g. Vf! 
‘ she walks well.’ 
CHAPTER XX. 
Prepositions. 
214. 
‘ before.’ 
VI®, V#1?T, 
‘ behind.’ 
fwvrPt 
‘ within,’ 
‘ outside.” 
’sin. 
‘ in front of.’ 
‘ beneath.’ 
*rr, 
‘ near,’ ‘ by the side of.’ 
‘ on a level with.’ 
‘ together with.’ 
These are added either to the noun or pronoun direct, or to its geni- 
tive. Examples — 
®lt VfTJ^or ^TJI^ 
‘ before the mother.’ 
® r sl Zft or <Trt, 
‘ beneath the tree.’ 
*flT vtt??. 
‘ behind me.’ 
vit VTT^f or 
‘ beneath it.’ 
Sometimes the nominal postpositions are added to prepositions. 
Examples — 
flTC VUtS-fif 
‘ under the fig-tree.’ 
‘ from by me.’ 
