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Emphasis
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Adverbs of emphasis provide emotional emphasis to the utterance.

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Adverbs of emphasis include the following:

Table 1
wier, echt true, truly
dúdlik , dúdlikernôch clear, clearly (enough)
perfoarst, absolút, apslút absolute, absolutely
No adverb of emphasis may occur in clause-initial position; instead they are restricted to the middle field:

Example 1

a. *Dúdlikernôch / wier / perfoarst is hy siik
clearly enough / truly / absolutely is he ill
Clearly enough / truly / absolutely he is ill
b. Hy is dúdlikernôch / wier / perfoarst siik
he is clearly enough / truly / absolutely ill
He is clearly enough / truly / absolutely ill
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