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An '''adverbial adjunct''', or simply '''adverbial''', is a phrase that adds more information to a clause. They are created by placing the hiatus tone {{Done|4}} on a verb. For example, {{Deranize|tî sóaq}} "in the garden" and {{Deranize|fôı}} "boredly" are adverbials.

== Types of adverbial ==
Syntactically, adverbials may or may not take a [[noun form]] complement, depending on if the verb is transitive or intransitive.
* {{t|Tî}} is transitive, so it needs a complement — here {{t|sóaq}} — effectively making {{t|tî}} act like a '''preposition'''.
* {{t|Fôı}} is intransitive, so it doesn't need a complement, making it act like an '''adverb'''.

Semantically, adverbials are split into two categories based on whether the verb being conjugated can have an event as its subject.
* {{t|Tî}} '''can''' have an event subject, so it creates an '''eventive''' adverbial: {{t|Sea jí tî sóaq}} means "I rest, <u>and this event is</u> in the garden."
* {{t|Fôı}} '''can't''' have an event subject, so it creates a '''subject-sharing''' adverbial: {{t|Sea jí fôı}} means "I rest, <u>and concurrently I am</u> bored."

== Positions ==
Adverbials may occur in three positions:
# Before the [[cleft verb]] {{t|nä}}, for example {{t|{{green|Tî sóaq}} nä pıe jí sá kafe.}}
# Before the arguments, for example {{t|Pıe {{green|tî sóaq}} jí sá kafe.}}
# After the arguments, for example {{t|Pıe jí sá kafe {{green|tî sóaq}}.}}

== See also ==
* [[Adverbs are low]]
* [[Sentence structures]]