8.3: Vocabulary - Qualifiers and Intensifiers

These words can be placed in front of the adjectives you have learned.


tl'im' 'o' really
nan 'o' very, too
to' a little, sort of

house-vb (2K) Tl'im' 'o' thi tthun' lelum'. Your house is really big.
boy-vb (3K) Nan 'o' 'ayum tthunu sqe'uq. My little brother is very slow.
old-vb (3K) To' s'eluhw tthu poukw. The book is a little old.

Notice that the words tl'im' "really" and nan "very" are followed by 'o'.