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’
