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THE MANKS LANGUAGE. 73
11. — ADVEEBS OP COMPARISON.
Myr, as, like. Smoo, more.
Myr sJioh, thus. SIoo, less.
Myrgedclin, likewise. Na, than.
Myrchaagh, in like manner. Ass-towse, exceedingly.
(7Aa, equally — as clia mie risliyn,
as good as he.
12. — ADVEEBS OF SHEWING.
Cur-my-ner ! behold ! Va sliid ! or vaik sJi'id ! see yon-
Jeeagli ! lo ! Va shoh ! see here ! [der !
13. — ADVEEBS OF CONFUSION.
Bun-ry-skyn, topsy-turvey. Fud-y-cheilley, in confusion.
Er 7nooin-y-clieilhy , pell-mell. Er-sliaghryn, astray.
14. ADVEEBS OF SEPAEATION.
Veih-my-cheilley, asunder. Er-sooyl, away.
Uy-lliiattee, aside.
15. ADVEEBS OF QUALITY.
Adverbs of quality are made of adjectives and participles, by
putting the preposition dy, of, before them in apposition, as —
By mie, well. Dy oik, badly.
Dy creeney, wisely. Dy liastey, idly.
Dy hwaagh, prettily. Dy viitcJiooragJi, roguishly.
And the like.

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Practical grammar of the antient Gaelic, or, Language of the Isle of Man, usually called Manks
DescriptionBy John Kelly ; edited, together with an introduction, life of Dr Kelly, and notes, by William Gill.
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