Hand-book of Volapük/Formation of Adverbs
FORMATION OF ADVERBS.
Numeral adverbs, expressing repetition, are formed by adding na. Kilna, three times; kilidna, the third time.
Adverbs are formed from adjectivs, and sometimes from other parts of speech by adding o, corresponding to the English -ly.
Vifik, quick; vifiko, quickly.
Neit, night; neito, at night; neitiko, nocturnally.
When the adverb ending in iko immediately follows the verb, o is sometimes omitted;
gonom vifik (vifiko), he runs fast (swiftly).
It is much clearer, however, to retain the o.
EXERCISE 15.
Fidobs kilna in del, telsebalna in vig. Buk at tidom volapüki obe balidna. Man et, kel binom deutel, pükom nelijapüki badiko, ab sevom volapüki gudiko. Dels goloms vifik, e no labobs timi mödik.
The dog eats fast. You write well [goodly]. We speak Volapük badly. I write three letters twice in a week. We buy books cheaply [“cheaply” after “buy”]. We buy cheap books. The merchant buys cheap and sells dear.
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