6. Adverbs

Some adverbs are formed from adjectives; as mulia‘i, last, from mulimuli; mua‘i, first, from muamua; matua‘i, exceedingly, from matua. Adjectives themselves are used as adverbs; as ‘ua ma‘i tele ‘o ia, he is very ill.

• i‘inei, here; o i‘inei le tama, the boy is here.

• i‘ila, there; o lo‘o i‘ila le mea, the thing is there.

• i‘o, yonder; ma te o i‘o, we go yonder.

• nei, now; ua o‘u sau nei, I have come now.

• io, ioe, e, yes.

• e leai, i‘ai, no.

• so‘o, often; ua ma‘i so‘o, he is often sick.

• oi, yes (to a call).

• afea? when? e te alu afeu? when will you go?

• anafea? when? (past); na oti anafea o ia, when did he die?

• ‘o fea? i fea? where?

• analeila, just now; na ma o mai analeila, we came just now.

• nanei, presently.

• talu, since; talu ananafi ‘ua ua, it has rained since yesterday.

• ansi, by-and-by; anei e le mafai, by-and-by he will not.

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• vave, quickly; e ita vave o ia, he is quickly angry.

• fa‘apefea? how? pe na manu‘a fa‘apefea? how was he wounded?

• fa‘apea, thus; ia faia fa‘apea, do it thus.

  With many others.