Adverb Types

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Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. There are two types of adverbs in Mirad, namely:
  • derived adverbs
  • inherent adverbs.

Derived Adverbs

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Adverbs can be derived from descriptive adjectives by suffixing the adverbial marker y, eg.:
Derived Adverbs
ADJECTIVE ADVERB
fia....good fiay....well
yeva....fair yevay....fairly
uja....final ujay....finally
ejna....new ejnay....newly
teyda....maternal teyday....maternally
At the end of sentences or clauses, common one-syllable-stem adverbs can be shortened by removing the ay ending:
  • Iyt deuze fi.....She sings well.
  • At upo ig.....I'll come quickly.
Otherwise, the full adverb form is used, eg.:
  • Yet yefe ugay fiaser.....You people must slowly improve.
  • At tojo ivay, tea van at beaye fia tej.....I will die happily knowing that I've had a good life.

Inherent Adverbs

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There are some words in the language that are inherently invariable adverbs and do not take the ay ending, because they are not formed from adjectives, or because they already end in ay. Here are the most common examples:
Inherent Adverbs
yab....up
yaob....up and down
(a)yeb1....in
oyeb....out
aoyeb....in and out
yob....down yub....near
yuib....near and far
yib....far
oyib....not far
ab....on
ayb....above
aob....of and on
eb....between
eyb....among
ob....off
oyb....under
ub....toward ib....away
bay....with/along bey....by/via boy....without byu....as far (as) byi....since
vay....indeed vey....perhaps voy....not
za....in front (of)
zay....ahead
zya....throughout
zao....back and forth
ze....to/at the middle (of)
zey....across
zye....through
zo....in back (of)
zoy....back
zu....on the left (of)
zui....right and left
zi....on the right (of)
uz....on a curve
uiz....zigzig
iz....straight, directly
yez....along yuz....around yiz....beyond
oyiz....not beyond
ga....more
gao....more or less
ge...equally go....less
gay....also gey....even goy....no more/except
gaj....still goj....no longer
yan....together yon....apart
ja....before
jao....before and after
jay....already
je....meanwhile
jey....meanwhile
jo....after
joy...next
ju....until ji....since
Note 1: Ayeb is almost always shortened to yeb.
The words in the above chart that are underlined can also serve as prepositions (See Prepositions).
The words underlined below are considered adverbial because they can modify verbs. For example:
  • At teaxa yab.....I looked up.   (= At yabteaxa.)
  • Duven et hyej upo zoy?.....Will you ever come back.   (= ...zoyupo?)
  • Et po yib be tej......You will go far in life.   (= Et yipo...)
  • At voy se eta ted.....I am not your father.
  • Pu zu, jogat!....Go left, young man!   (= Zupu...)
  • Yat vay sa hum.....We were indeed there.
  • It pa oyeb.....He went outside.   (= It oyepa.)
  • Iyt gay deuze.....She also sings.
  • Yit yexe gey be moji.....They work even nights.
  • Ha tobud gaj tujeye.....The baby is still sleeping.
  • Yat yefe yexer yan.....We must work together.   (= ...yanyexer.)
  • His vey upo yon.....This may come apart.   (= ...yonupo.)
  • Hit se jay toja.....This one is already dead.
  • Hut se voy toja.....That one is not dead.
  • At popeyo zya.....I will be traveling all around.   (= zyapopeyo.)
  • Et byase yon.....You stand apart.
  • Van yet besu yan.....Stay together, guys.
Many of the above adverbs can be prefixed to verbs, nouns, and even adjectives to indicate motion in various directions. (Keep in mind that the b or p can be assimilated to the first letter of per (go) or ber (put). For example:
  • yeb (in) + per (go) = yeper (to enter)  [NOT: yebper]
  • oyeb (out) + bier (take) = oyebier (to take out)  [NOT: oyebbier]
  • yab (up) + per (go) = yaper (to rise)  [NOT: yabper]
  • yob (up) + kima (sloped) = yobkima (downward-sloping)
  • yub (near) + per (go) = yuper (to approach)  [NOT: yubper]
  • yib (far) + daler (talk) = yibdaler (to telephone)
  • yiz (beyond) + per (go) = yizper (to surpass)
  • yez (along) + per (go) = yezper (to go along)
  • yuz (around) + pipen (sailing) = yuzpipen (circumnavigation)
  • zay (ahead) + paser (move) = zaypaser (to advance)
  • zao (back and forth) + baser (move) = zaobaser (to rock)
  • ze (to the middle) + jaga (aged) = zejaga (middle-aged)
  • zye (through) + teatyafwa (visible) = zyeteatyafa (transparent)
  • zey (across) + mep (road) = zeymep (bridge)
  • zoy (back) + nogea (gradual) = zoynogea (retrogressive)
  • iz (straight) + nad (line) = iznad (vector)
  • zi (to the right) + kum (side) = izkum (right side)
  • zu (far) + tuyab (hand) = zutuyaba (left-handed)
  • uz (on a curve) + nad (line) = uznad (curve)
  • yan (together) + up (come) = yanup (a meeting)
  • yon (apart) + ber (put) = yonber (to separate)

Word Order of Adverbs

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The word order of adverbs is fairly free, as in English. But, to avoid ambiguity, the adverb should be placed immediately before or after the sentence element it modifies, eg.:
  • It deuze vi.....He sings beautifully.
  • Et yefe xer gwa ig.....You must do it as quickly as possible.
  • Et hyoj ako fika ivan.....You will never gain perfect happiness.
  • At voy te. (OR) At te voy. ....I do not know.

Comparison of Adverbs by Degree

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Adverbs can be compared just as adjectives with the use of Quantitative Determiners. The words than, compared to, and as are translated by the relative conjunction vyel (than, compared to, with respect to)
Comparison of Adverbs by Degree
POSITIVE +/=/- COMPARATIVE +/- SUPERLATIVE

yikay....easily
ga yikay vyel....more easily than
ge yikay vyel....as easily as
go yikay vyel....less easily than
(ha) gwa yikay....(the) most easily

(ha) gwo yikay....(the) least easily
Examples:
  • At pipe ga fi vyel et.....I swim better than you.
  • Yat tra hua twob go fi vyel yet.....We knew that man less well than you guys.
  • Eta tayd deuza ha gwa vi be ha ebyek.....Your wife sang the most beautifully in the competition.
  • Et xa has ha gwa fu vyel hyet.....You did it the worst compared to anyone.
  • Dalu ge azay vyel et yafe.....Speak as loudly as you can.