ADVERBS.
The adverbs are very numerous, and include interjections and prepositions. The adverbs of time are the following and others:—
- dásá, now.
- gurá, then.
- gáhas, never.
- padá, again.
- zú, quickly.
- madá, slowly.
- wakhtí, early.
- madáná, late.
- ná gumán, suddenly.
- har-vakht, always.
- hech-vakht, at no time.
- gáhas, ever.
- chi-vakhtas-ki, when.
- hamo-vakht, then.
- asi-asi-vakht, sometimes.
- harde, every day.
- asit-jár, once.
- irat-jár, twice.
- musit-jár, thrice.
- báz-jár, often.
- ewáde, formerly.
- awal, at first.
- ákhir, at last.
- begáh, this evening.
- ano, to-day.
- pagáh, to-morrow.
- palme, day after to-morrow.
- kúde, three days hence.
- daro, yesterday.
- mulkhudo, day before yesterday.
- kúmulkhudo, three days ago.
- ano-nan, to-night.
- manjan, midday.
- ním-shab, midnight.
- peshín, forenoon.
- digar, afternoon.
The adverbs of place are the following and others:—
- burzá, above.
- shef, below.
- mustí, before.
- padáe, behind.
- tahtí, inside.
- peshán, outside.
- khurk, near.
- mur, far.
- dáde, here.
- ede, there.
- jáaski, where.
- ere, there.
- aráde, where?
- hamangi, there.
- haráng, as far as.
- aráká, so far.
- moni, opposite.
- to, with.
- te, in, up to.
- kátum, on, upon.
- dápárán, this side.
- epárán, that side.
- chármán, all sides.
- antmur, how far?
The adverbs of quantity are the following and others:—
- báz, much, very many.
- machit, little, few.
- hech, none.
- girá, some.
- bas, enough.
- at, how much?
- ákhadr, as much as.
- dákhadr, so much.
- har, every.
- bíra, only, merely.
- har-ant, whatever.
- hechrá, nothing.
Other adverbs are the following, conjunctions and interjections:—
- antai, why?
- ho-hán, yes.
- ahá, no.
- vale, but.
- hamhon, perhaps.
- ki, that.
- are, holloa!
- háeháe, alas!
- wáwáh, wonderful!
- armán, pity!
- ham, also.
- lekin, but.
- gwácháni, indeed!
- jágai, instead of.
- mat, leave off! don’t!
- paráe, for sake of.
- agar, if.
- baghair, except.
The days of the week are the same as in Persian, and so are the cardinal numbers, with the exception of the first three. These are asit, one; irat, two; musit, three. The rest are chár, four; panj, five, &c.
The ordinals and fractions are as follows:—
- awal first.
- elo second.
- mustímíko third.
- chármíko fourth, and so on.
- miscálí a quarter.
- ním half.
- sihshálí three-quarters.
- panjpáo one and a quarter.