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PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, ADVERBS 151 mar, mara, a, if. govern fourth state. mamas (mar+na + es), unless. poni, ponag, unless. aban, since, because. dreven, since, because. rag, for. rag own, lest, for fear. vel, than. ages, es, than. na, nor. maga, so, as much as. 3. ADVERBS. Adverbs may be formed from adjectives by prefixing en, which generally changes the initial to the second state. Thus glan, pure, en 'Ian, purely. There are some excep- tions to this change, b and m sometimes change to/, not v, bras, great, en fras, greatly ; mas, good, en /as, well ; d sometimes changes to the fourth state, da, good, en ta, well ; and t sometimes remains unchanged, tin, sharp, en tin, sharply. But we find also en dhiugel, certainly, from diugel, secure. ADVERBS OF TIME. en erma, now (in this hour). lemman, lebman, now. en tor-ma, now (in this turn). nam, nana, nanna, nans, now. agensow, just now. hedhew, to-day. avorow, to-morrow. trenzha, the day after to-morrow. jedreva = dedreja = dedh truja, trje third day hence. an journa-ma war sett Aon, this day week. de, yesterday. genzhete (kens de dedh}, the day before yesterday. ternos, the next day. en kenzhoha, ., > in the morning. boregweth, ) dohajedh, in the afternoon. gorthewer, in the evening. zilgweth, o' Sundays. fast, presently. prest, scon, dewhdns, eskes, soon, quickly, aewnans, esRes, > . , / j, . ( immediately. defry,dhesempes } whath, still, yet. kens, before (of time). kensemman, ere now. kensenna, ere that. oja, woja, of henna, woja hedna, afterwards. nenna, nana, en erna, then. of hemma, woja hebma, hence- forth. warlergh, afterwards. esos, already. avar, early. dewedhes, late. arta, again. kettoth, kettoth ha, as soon as. nevra, ever. rag nevra, for ever. benary, for ever. biken, ever, bis viken, for ever. besca, besqweth, ever. benethy, dho venethy, for ever. beppres, always. hedre, spas, whilst. pols, a while.