22 Expressing amount: orēn ‘very’
orēn kvsvppē ‘very cold’
- The word orēn ‘very’ can be used with adjectives.
| Orēn kvsvppēt os. | ‘It’s very cold.’ |
- Orēn can also be used with verbs and means ‘really’.
| Orēn oskes. | ‘It’s really raining.’ |
pvfne-mahē ‘very quick’
- You can use -mahē ‘very’ after an adjective.
| pvfnē | ‘quick’ | pvfne-mahē | ‘very quick’ |
| herē | ‘good’ | here-mahēs | ‘it is very good’ |
| yekcē | ‘strong’ | yekce-mahēt oskes | ‘it’s raining very hard’ |
| hotvlē | ‘windy’ | hotvle-mahēt os | ‘it’s very windy’ |
| elvwē | ‘hungry’ | celvwe-maheko? | ‘you aren’t very hungry?’ |
| honnē | ‘heavy’ | honne-mahēn oskes | ‘it’s raining very heavily’ |
| kvsvppē | ‘cold’ | kvsvppe-mahē hakes | ‘it’s getting very cold’ |
vwǫlusē ‘very close’
- To express ‘very’ or ‘very much’, use the nasalizing grade and add -us.
| vwolē | ‘near, close’ | vwǫlusē | ‘very near, very close’ |
| afvckē | ‘happy’ | vcafąckusēt os | ‘I’m very happy’ |
| vnokēcis | ‘I love him/her/it’ | vnokę̄cusis | ‘I love him/her/it very much’ |
| hvsottē | ‘sunny’ | hvsǫttusēt os | ‘it’s very sunny’ |
hopvye-hę̄rē ‘pretty far’
You can use -hę̄rē after a verb or adjective to mean ‘a fair amount’.
| hopvyē | ‘far’ | hopvye-hę̄rē | ‘pretty far, at a distance’ |
| hiyē | ‘hot’ | hiye-hę̄rē | ‘warm, comfortable’ |
| osketv | ‘to rain’ | oske-hę̄rē | ‘lightly raining’ |
hayē ‘very, really’
- Another way to say ‘very’ or ‘really’ is with hayē.
| hiyē-hayēt os | ‘it’s very hot’ |
| hiyē-hayē hakes | ‘it’s getting really hot’ |
sulkē ‘a lot’
- The word sulkē can be used to mean ‘a lot’.
| Fettv sulkēn oskes. | ‘It’s raining a lot.’ |
- You can use sulke-mahēn for ‘too much’.
| Sulke-mahēn vtotkis. | ‘I’m working too much.’ |
| Sulke-mahēn vcemkis. | ‘I’m climbing too much.’ |
emontalet ‘extremely’
- The word emontalet means ‘extremely, excessively’. A related word ’semontvlēn means ‘too much’ or ‘a lot’.
| Emontalet hiyēs. | ‘It is extremely hot.’ |
| ’Semontvlēn hompes. | ‘He’s eating a lot.’ |
| ’Semontvlēn oskes. | ‘It’s raining too much.’ |
kvsvppetvts ‘it’s too cold’
- To say something is ‘too cold’ or ‘too expensive’, you can use -etv.
| kvsvppē | ‘cold’ | kvsvppetvt os~kvsvppetvts | ‘it is too cold’ |
| lekvcwē | ‘dirty’ | lekvcwetvts | ‘it’s too dirty’ |
| hiyē | ‘hot’ | hiyetvts | ‘it’s too hot’ |
| hvlwē | ‘high’ | hvlwetvts | ‘it’s too hight’ |
| vcakē | ‘expensive’ | vcaketvts | ‘it’s too expensive’ |
- You can also use -etv with actions:
| tasketv | ‘to jump (of one)’ | tasketvts | ‘it’s too much jumping (in a class)’ |
| letketv | ‘to run (of one)’ | letketvts | ‘it’s too much running’ |
