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Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
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One answers 'now' with _ima_ or _tada ima_, and 'already' with _mǒ_, e.g.,
_mǒ iqe_ 'be already gone!' 'Sometimes' is said with _toqi ni iotte_ or
_jibun ni iotte_. 'Afterwards' is _nochi_. _Sore cara_ or _sore iori_ means
'after that,' _core cara_ or _core iori_ means 'after this,' and _are iori_
or _are cara_ means 'after that.' 'Immediately' is said with _iagate_.
'Afterwards' or 'again' is _ima iori nochi_, _ima iori xite va_, or _ima
iori igo_. 'This morning' is said with _qesa_. _Connichi_ or _qio_ [_qiô_]
is 'today,' and _asu_ or _miônichi_ [_miónichi_][149] is 'tomorrow.'
'Tomorrow morning' is _asa_, _axitatô_, or {160} _asatocu_, and 'tomorrow
night' is _mionia_ [_miǒia_]. 'Before' is _ijen_ or _saqi ni_. 'Yesterday'
is _qinô_ or _sacujit_. 'The day before yesterday' is _vototoi_ or _futçuca
saqi ni_. 'Several days in the past' is _cono giǔ_. _Cono fodo_ and
_xenjit_ have the same meaning, as does _xendo_. _Condo_ means 'several
days in the future.' 'The day after tomorrow' is _asatte_ or _miógonichi_.
'Three days hence' is _xiasatte_ or _miómiógonichi_. _Qiônen_ [_Qionen_] or
_cozo_ means 'last year.' 'This year' is _cotoxi_. 'Two years ago' is
_vototoxi_ or _votodoxi_. 'Three years ago' is _sanuruvotodoxi_ [_sannuru
votodoxi_].[150] 'Immediately' is _tachimaqi_ [_tachimachi_] (53 or _socuij
ni_ [_socuji ni_]. _Sunavachi_ is also 'immediately.' _Tanteqi_ is 'in a
moment.'
_Itçumade?_ means 'until when?' _Itçumademo_ means 'always.' _Itçu cara_
means 'after what time.' _Itçu iori_ means 'from what time.'
_Adverbs of Negation_[151]
_Iia_ or _iia_ [_iia iia_][152] means 'not.' _Só devanai_ means 'it is not
so.' _Iccana_ or _iccanagueni_ means 'by no means,' _iume iume_ means 'not
even in a dream,' _sarani_, _ichiien_, _catçute_, or _catçute motte_ means
'in no way,' and _io_, _iomo_, or _iomo iomo_ means 'without thinking';
e.g., _catçute mairu mai_ 'in no way shall I come,' _iomo só va gozaru mai_
(117v) 'it will in no way come to mind why it will be so.' When affirmative
verbs are added to these adverbs they become negative; e.g., _iomo iomo to
mǒxitareba vo mairi atta_ (117v) 'although you said you would not go, you
went,' _io mairó_ 'in no way shall I go.'
_Adverbs of Affirmation_[153]
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