Adverb |
Meaning |
Example |
Meaning |
| ki |
again |
hzila ki |
morning mist again |
| q'u |
just now |
sin chuna q'u |
falling star just now |
| ch'qeyan |
always |
nunigi ch'qeyan |
always fog |
| htsast'a |
before, in the past |
ush htsast'a |
snowshoes in the past (were made) |
| nanutset |
before our time, our history |
Dena'ina nanutset |
Dena'ina history |
| husht'a |
in a moment |
hełch' husht'a |
darkness in a moment |
| suk ghu |
long ago |
ts'itsatna suk ghu... |
the ancestors long ago... |
| ughasht'a |
hurry, early |
q'iłdu ughasht'a |
hurry home |
| k'eldinteh |
sometimes |
yuq' hdaznet k'eldinteh |
colorful sunrise sometimes |
| janq'u |
nothing has changed, still |
ełkun janq'u |
it's still raining |
| elugh |
not yet |
elugh yeshegh |
he has not yet hooked it |
| q'udi |
now |
yaghali q'udi |
its good now |
| q'udi gu |
right now |
q'udi gu ezhi qilan |
it's cold right now |
| qezahda |
in the future |
qezahda yaghali gheli qitulał |
really good in the future |
| ch'qyan |
always |
ezga ch'qyan |
I'm always scared |
| ts'iłq'a |
at one time, a long time ago |
ts'itsatna ts'iłq'a |
a long time ago those ancestors.. |
| k'ghulugh |
the end of a span of time |
k'ghulugh usdet tsadi |
let it be without end |
| quhlanh |
slowly |
ke'nelqat quhlanh |
you eat it slowly |
| ki k'usht'a |
never again |
qil gheli ki k'usht'a |
really terrible never again |
