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Previously, we've seen how adjectives modify describe or add qualities to nouns . Adverbs are similar, in that, they are used to qualify everything else! In the tree on the hill , the phrase on the hill belongs to the tree ; it identifies which tree we are talking about. This is an adjectival phrase. Whereas, rapidly belongs to the verb; it describes the manner of the action. This is an Adverb . An adverb is a word used to qualify: a verb:      She swims quickly , an adjective:    She is very quick, another adverb:  She swims extremely quickly , or a clause:     Thankfully , she won. Let's take a quick look at each of these... Adverbs Modifying Adjectives When modifying an adjective, an adverb clarifies the extent of or intensifies the adjective. If we look at an example: a black bird sang Here, black is an adjective describing or adding the quality black to the noun: bird . a big black bird sa...

In this post we will look at conjunctions and examine some types of clause in Pali. This post follows on from earlier posts about relative clauses and also adverbs in Pali . In its simplest form a sentence is just a single clause. If you remember, a clause consists of a subject (noun phrase) and a verb (verb phrase) or to use different lingo, a subject and a predicate . Conjunctions can be used to join clauses to form more complex sentences. clause noun verb John shouted   clause pronoun verb everybody waved conj and In English, Conjunctions are often grouped into three types: Coordinating conjunctions , used to join either words, phrases , or clauses . (e...