彀哩, 干事者 keu‘ ’lí, kû{ n} zz‘ ’tsé, { enough}. 勿彀, 勿干事 veh keu‘, veh kû{ n} zz‘, { not enough}. 有哩 ’{ y}eu ’lí, { it is enough}. 勿足 veh tsóh, { not enough}. 勿到三十 veh tau‘ sa{ n} seh, { not so many as 30}. 勿滿三十 veh ’mé{ n} sa{ n} seh, { ib}. 勿缺少個 veh k’iöh ’sau kú‘, { not insufficient}. 第個裏少一錢 { t}i‘ kú‘ ’lí ’sau ih die{ n}, { this is deficient one cash}. 第籃桶子裡缺十隻 { t}i‘ la{ n} kiöh ’tsz ’lí k’iöh seh tsáh, { this basket of oranges in ten short}.
Obs. These words might be divided between adjectives and verbs, and no place reserved for them here, were it not that their equivalents in English and other languages are adverbs.
{ c}. { Much, more, many} are all expressed by the adjective 多 tú. If tú precedes it is { more} (adv.): if it follows its word, it is { much} or { many} (adj.) Other words for { more} are 還 { w}a{ n}, 越 yöh, and the verbs ká, t’íe{ n}, ’tíe{ n}, etc.
多撥點 tú peh ’tíe{ n}, { give more}. 第袋米多二斤 { t}i‘ dé‘ ’mi tú ni‘ kiun, { this bag of rice is two catties more} (or { over}). 人多個 niun tú kú‘, { the men are many}. 越加勿好 { y}öh ká veh ’hau, { much worse}. 加點, 添點 ká ’tíe{ n}, t’íe{ n} ’tíe{ n}, { give more}. 一錢勿加 ih díe{ n} veh ká, { I will not give one more cash}. 勿罷一百 veh bá‘ ih páh, { there are more than a hundred}. 也勿罷 ’{ á} veh bá‘, { and more too}. 銅錢還要 { t}óng díe{ n} { w}a{ n} yau‘, { I want more cash}.
Obs. For examples of such forms as 好幾 ’hau ’kí, 多許 tú hau‘, { many}. See section on pronouns. The only words here adduced that can claim to be adverbs are 越 { still more}, 也 { too}, and { w}a{ n} 還. { Too} is an adverb in English, but its equivalent 也 becomes by its position a conjunction, and { w}a{ n} when it is not an adverb of time { still}, may often fairly be considered a conjunction.
{ d}. { Less, few} are represented by 少 ’sau, standing before its word, and by such borrowed phrases as veh siau, { not necessary, less}: ’{ y}eu { h}ie{ n}‘ k’ú‘, { few, not much}.
兩日勿消 ’liáng nyih veh siau, { in less than 2 days}. 少吃點 ’sau k’iuh ’tíe{ n}, { eat less}. 減脱點 ’ka{ n} t’eh ’tíe{ n}, { take less, subtract a little}. 勿能減少 veh nung ’ka{ n} ’sau, { cannot take less}. 人有限個 niun ’{ y}eu { h}íe{ n}‘ kú‘, { of men there are few}.
{ e}. { A little, any}, are used sometimes adverbially in English. Their representatives in our dialect are liák sü, ’sau { w}é, sü ’sau with the auxiliary substantive forms ih ’nga{ n}, ’tíe{ n}, etc.