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B. The Adverbs of negative, affirmation, or doubt, are the following:—
| èny, yes. | angàha, angàmba, perhaps. |
| tsìa, no. | tòkony hò, probably. |
| tsỳ, not. | sèndra, perchance. |
| àza, let not (the sign of prohibition). | tàhiny, perchance. |
Of the two last words, tàhiny is used of suppositions, sèndra not of suppositions. Thus, sèndra nahìta àzy ìzy, 'he happened to meet them'; ràha tàhiny mahìta àzy ìzy, 'if he should happen to meet them'.
C. The interrogative adverbs are the following:—
- 1. Of place:—
- aìza, (present), taìza (past), where?
- hò aìza (future), whither? going where?
- àvy taìza (lit. came from where?), whence? from what place?
- 2. Of time:—
- ovìana (past) ràhovìana (future), when? [contracted from ràha, ovìana].
- 3. Of manner, &c.:—
- ahòana, how? (used also as an interjection, How!)
- manào (past, nanào; future, hanào) ahòana, in what manner, of what kind or quality? [literally, doing what? or, acting how?]
