The adverbial normally preceedes the object–verb–subject construction, but is sometimes itself preceeded by other elements (typically a time element such as at three o'clock or tomorrow). However it may also be placed between the object and the verb, if the object is topicalized with the -'e' suffix.
Adverbials may be used as exclamations functioning as more or less a sentence in their own right (for example: wej Don't do it yet!, nom Quickly – come on!, nIteb Do it alone!).
| jay' | intensely (invective) (adv) | Comes at the end of a sentence. | [TKDa p.177] |
| neH | only, merely, just (adv) | Follows the verb or noun it modifies. | [TKD pp. 56–57, TKW] |
The two above adverbials display a more irregular behaviour than the others. jay' is always placed last in the sentence an has the effect of intensifying it (for example: tIbach jay' Shoot him, goddamnit!). neH may be used after a verb to trivialize it's effect (for example: vIqIppu' neH I only hit him.) or after a noun to mean only (for example: jonta' neH just the engine).
| batlh | honored, with honor, honorably, honorable, well (adv) | [TKD, TKW] | ||
| batlhHa' | dishonorably (adv) | [TKW, KGT] | ||
| bong | accidentally, by accident (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| chaq | perhaps, maybe (adv) | [TKD, TKW] | ||
| cha'logh | twice (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| chIch | purposely, on purpose, intentionally (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| DaH | now (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| Do' | luckily, with luck (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| Do'Ha' | unfortunately (adv) | [KGT] | ||
| ghaytan | likely (adv) | [TKDa] | ||
| Hochlogh | all times, always (emphatic) (adv) | [KGT] | ||
| jaS | differently (adv) | [TKDa] | ||
| loQ | slightly, a little bit (adv) | [TKD, TKW] | ||
| motlh | usually, typically, as expected (adv) | [KGT] | ||
| nIteb | alone, acting alone (adv) | [TKDa, TKW] | ||
| nom | fast, quickly (adv) | [TKD, TKW] | ||
| not | never (adv) | [TKD, TKW] | ||
| paghlogh | zero times, never (emphatic) (adv) | [KGT] | ||
| pay' | suddenly (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| pe'vIl | forcefully, by force (adv) | [TKDa, TKW] | ||
| pIj | often, frequently (adv) | [TKD, TKW, KGT] | ||
| pIjHa' | seldom, infrequently (adv) | [KGT] | ||
| qen | recently, a short time ago (adv) | [Newsgroup ] | ||
| QIt | slowly (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| reH | always (adv) | [TKD, TKW] | ||
| roD | customarily, habitually, regularly (adv) | [KGT] | ||
| rut | sometimes, occasionally (adv) | [TKD, TKW, KGT] | ||
| SIbI' | immediately (adv) | [TKDa] | ||
| tugh | soon (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| tlhoS | almost, nearly, virtually, not quite (adv) | [KGT] | ||
| vaj | so, then, thus, in that case (adv) | [TKD, TKW] | ||
| wa'logh | once (adv) | [TKD] | ||
| wej | not yet (adv) | [TKD, TKW] |
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