The adverb and adverbial constructions 279 7.3.3 INDEFINITES Compare 7.2.3 above on the elements -сь, -будь-, and -небудь with adverbs of location. коли-небудь колись коли-будь колй-не-колй будь-коли де-не-де десь-колись якось подеколи, деколи at any time, ever some day or other, formerly, once whenever, at any time at times, from time to time, seldom at any time now and then only now and then once (not long ago), the other day now and then, sometimes, at times 7.3.4 NEGATIVES ніколи never Ніколи There is no time (to do X). 7.4 QUANTITATIVE ADVERBS (ADVERBS OF DEGREE) Adverbs that are described as 'quantitative', or adverbs of degree, relate to the questions 'how much? how strongly?'; clearly the formations based on collective numerals (втроє, and similar) could be included here, but they are not, as numerical adverbs deserve separate treatment. скільки? багато мало чимало більш вельми дедалі досить ДУЖЄ дужче здебільшого зовсім ледве майже мало не, мало що не менш how much? (cf. 4.3.4 on the pronominal use of this form) much (of + gen.) little (of + gen.) a great deal (of+ gen.) more very ever more ... (+ comparative) enough, sufficiently very, strongly more strongly (comparative of дуже) mostly quite hardly almost almost, nearly less
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