Under Construction
Adverbs
Formation of Adverbs
Introduction
Nearly all adverbs derive from original case-forms of an adjective or noun.
- Frequently an adjective can be used where in English an adverb is required: EXAMPLES;
- In numerous cases adverbs are zero-derived from abstract nouns: EXAMPLES;
- Chief among the suffixes developped specifically for forming adverbs is
-o; this suffix was freely added (i.e. it was productive) to the stems of adjectives to create manner adverbs, e.g. adv.ando, with the adj.anda. → @@. - Less productive, but still widely used, were various endings indicating various local relationships, e.g. -da/-r (indicating place to which), -lo (indicating place from which), etc. → @@.
A few adverbs did not originate as case forms of a noun or adjective. Some of these are treated below. For adverbs formed from (the stems of) pronouns (e.g. ???), → @@. For adverbs formed from numerals (usually in -lume), → @@.
Manner Adverbs in -ve
The productive adverbial suffix -ve formed primarily adverbs of manner.The suffix is added directly to the stem.
EXAMPLES