LESSON XVIII.


THE DEMONSTRATIVE ADVERB OF MOTIVE OR REASON.

78. The demonstrative adverb of motive or reason, related to the
demonstrative pronoun "tiu", is "tial", therefore, for that reason,
so:

Tial la servisto foriris, therefore the servant went away.
Tial mi gratulis lin, for that reason I congratulated him.
Tial oni forpelis lin, so they drove him away.


DERIVATION OF ADVERBS.

79. Adverbs may be derived from roots whose meaning permits, by addition
of the adverb-ending "-e", as "felicxe", happily, "kolere", angrily. The
comparison of adverbs is similar to that of adjectives:

POSITIVE. COMPARATIVE. SUPERLATIVE.
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sagxe, wisely pli sagxe, more wisely plej sagxe, most wisely
bone, well pli bone, better plej bone, best
malbone, badly pli malbone, worse plej malbone, worst
ruze, slyly pli ruze, more slyly plej ruze, most slyly


"MALPLI" AND "MALPLEJ".