_Nacanaca_ means 'it is so,' _vó_ means 'so,' when one agrees. _Gueni_ or _gueni gueni_ means 'it is thus'; e.g., _gueni gueni só mo aró_ 'without doubt the situation is thus.' _Chódo_ means 'at all.' _Saiǒni_, _sono bun_, _sono gotoqu_, _sǒ de gozaru_, _sore sore_, _massǒ gia_, or _xicato_ means 'it is so.' _Mottomo_ means that something is reasonably said. _Guioi no gotoqu_ means 'as your Lordship believes, or says.' _Mochiron_ indicates that a thing does not come in to doubt or discussion. _Nacanaca naru_ {161} _coto de gozaranu_ means 'truly it is not possible.' _Nacanaca no coto_ indicates a thing with which it is possible to agree. _Macotoni_ means 'truly,' as does _xinjit_ or _xinjitni_. _Xeimon_ means 'I affirm by oath.' _Isasaca_ or _isasaca motte_ means 'not even a little,' and _issai_ or _ixxet_ means 'in no way, or by no means,' and when these particles are added to the affirmative they mean 'truly.' (54 _Comparative Adverbs_[154] _Iori_, _iori mo_, and _iori mo navo_ mean 'more' in a comparison. The person compared is in the nominative case and the person to whom he is compared is in the ablative with one of the particles which we have listed above; e.g., _Pedro va juan iori mo gacuxó de gozaru_ 'Peter is wiser than John,' _soco ie noboru iori va; mairanu ga maxi gia_ 'it is better not to go than to climb up there.' _Gotoqu_, _mama_, and _iǒni_ are adverbs of similitude (_adverbia similitudinis_) and require the genitive for the thing with which the comparison is made. If the particle is preceded by a verb, no genitive is required; e.g., _no iama ie nari tomo qitai mama ni qite, nurureba, nugui suteraruru_ (124v) 'if they were to go to the mountains or the plains wearing such clothes as they want to wear, they will have to take them off when they become wet on account of the water.' _Vomô mama ni, vomô gotoqu_, and _vomô iǒni_, mean 'as I think,' _cono mi no mama ni_ 'according to his desires, or his pleasure.' _Fodo_ means 'to such a degree as (_tantum_),' or 'just as (_quasi_)'; e.g., _qifen ano fito fodo no gacuxó de gozaru_[155] 'you are as wise as he,' _fara ga cudaru fodo ioi_ 'he will recover as soon as he has a bowel movement,' _michi vo aruqu fodo cutabiruru_ (123v) 'as I walk so I get tired,' _acai fodo ioi_ 'the redder the better,' _xinuru fodo no vazzurai de va nai_ 'this disease is not strong enough to cause death,' _fune ni mesaruru fodo naraba vare mo norózu_ (124) 'if Your Lordship would take up the task of boarding the ship, so shall I,' _tamexi mo nai fodo ni atta to mǒsu_ (124v) 'they say it was as if it had never been,' _voquru fodo araba sore ie mairǒzu_ (124) 'if I am able to arrive at the state where I can get up from bed, I shall come to you,' _chicara no fodo vo mite_ 'seeing the degree of his strength,' _fodo nó tçuita_ 'he arrived in {162} an instant,' _core fodo_ 'as this,' _sore fodo_ 'as that,' _are fodo_ 'as that,' _vovoi fodo_ 'while more,' _sucunai fodo_ 'while less.' (55