Adjectives.
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F. The chief adverbs of manner and degree are the following:—
- Fàtratra, earnestly.
- Tsimòramòra, easily.
- Tsikèlikèly, little by little.
- Tsipòtipòtika, piecemeal, in small quantities, bit by bit.
- Loàtra, too, exceedingly.
- Kòa, too, also.
- Kòsa, on the contrary, on the other hand.
Àza, 
even. Àvy, 
- Àvy, apiece, each, individually (as, nomèna sikàjy àvy ìzy, 'they were given sixpence each').
Saìky, or saìka, 
almost, all but (used of something nearly, but not quite, effected). Vaìky, or vaìka, 
Sàmy, respectively, individually, wholly. Sàmy precedes, and àvokòa follows, the qualified word; as, sàmy màrina (or, màrina àvokòa) ìzy rehètra, 'they are all (individually) true'. Àvokòa,
- Hakìtro, to the heels. The prefix ha- (short for hàtra, 'up to') is so used with the name of almost any part of the body.
PREPOSITIONS.
There are only a few prepositions in the Malagasy language, their place being supplied by a large number of prepositional phrases or compound prepositions: these are formed by prefixing a-, am-, an-, or i- to nouns.
