Adverb as Substantive. 346. Adverbs of time and place precede substantives with 個 kú‘, just as one substantive precedes another.
- 此地個百姓 ’t’sz dí‘ kú‘ pák sing‘, people of this place.
- 什蓋能個人 seh ké‘ nung kú‘ niun, people of that sort.
- 明朝個事體測度勿出 ming tsau kú‘ zz‘ ’t’i t’suh doh veh t’seh, the things of to-morrow cannot be known by thinking.
Obs.先 síen, is an adverb in síen yau‘ ’tsung ’tung ’hau, 先要整頓 好, you must first make preparations, and an adjective in 出世最先 t’seh sz‘ tsûe‘ síen, he was born very early.
347. When the adverbs take case particles, they must be regarded as substantives.
- 轎子拉前頭 kiau‘ ’tsz ’lá zíen deu, the chair is before.
Adverb as Adjective. 348. The derivative adverbs like the pure adjectives, form the predicate of a proposition.
- 人是好好能個 niun ’zz ’hau ’hau nung kú‘, the man is good.
Or they qualify substantives.
- 做私底下個事體 tsú‘ sz ’tí ’áu kú‘ zz‘ ’t’í, to do underhand things.
Adjective as Adverb. 349. Some adjectives precede verbs, and must in such cases be regarded as adverbs.