Norwegian Adverbs
Learning the Norwegian Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Norwegian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Norwegian.
Norwegian adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Norwegian Adverbs |
| adverbs | adverb |
| I read a book sometimes | Noen ganger leser jeg en bok |
| I will never smoke | Jeg kommer aldri til å røyke |
| are you alone? | er du alene? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Norwegian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Norwegian.
List of Adverbs in Norwegian
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Norwegian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Norwegian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Norwegian Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | adverb tid |
| yesterday | i går |
| today | i dag |
| tomorrow | i morgen |
| now | nå |
| then | da |
| later | senere |
| tonight | i kveld |
| right now | akkurat nå |
| last night | går kveld |
| this morning | i morges |
| next week | neste uke |
| already | allerede |
| recently | nylig |
| lately | i det siste |
| soon | snart |
| immediately | umiddelbart |
| still | fortsatt |
| yet | ennå |
| ago | siden |
| |
| adverbs of place | adverb sted |
| here | her |
| there | der |
| over there | der borte |
| everywhere | overalt |
| anywhere | hvor som helst |
| nowhere | ingensteds |
| home | hjem |
| away | borte |
| out | ute |
| |
| adverbs of manner | adverb av måten |
| very | veldig |
| quite | veldig/svært/meget |
| pretty | pen |
| really | virkelig |
| fast | rask |
| well | godt |
| hard | hard |
| quickly | raskt |
| slowly | sakte |
| carefully | forsiktig |
| hardly | knapt |
| barely | såvidt |
| mostly | for det meste |
| almost | nesten |
| absolutely | absolutt |
| together | sammen |
| alone | alene |
| |
| adverbs of frequency | tidsadverb |
| always | alltid |
| frequently | ofte |
| usually | vanligvis |
| sometimes | noen ganger |
| occasionally | en gang i blandt |
| seldom | sjelden |
| rarely | sjelden |
| never | aldri |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Norwegian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Norwegian Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Norwegian lessons here: Learn Norwegian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.