Russian Adverbs
Learning the Russian Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Russian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Russian.
Russian 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.
Grammar Tips:
While in English adverbs are usually formed
by adding (-ly) to adjectives, in Russian adverbs are formed from adjectives, simply by replacing the suffix
-ый/-ий/-ая/-ое with –o.
Медленный (slow) becomes медленно (slowly)
Совершенный (perfect) becomes совершенно (perfectly)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature.
For example: сейчас
(now)
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Russian Adverbs |
| adverbs | наречия - narechia |
| I read a book sometimes | Я читаю книгу иногда - IA chitaiu knigu inogda |
| I will never smoke | Я никогда не буду курить - IA nikogda ne budu kuritio |
| are you alone? | Вы в одиночку? - Vы v odinochku? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Russian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Russian.
List of Adverbs in Russian
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Russian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Russian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Russian Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | наречия времени - narechia vremeni |
| yesterday | вчера - vchera |
| today | сегодня - segodnia |
| tomorrow | завтра - zavtra |
| now | в настоящее время - v nastoiashtee vremia |
| then | затем - zatem |
| later | позже - pozze |
| tonight | сегодня вечером - segodnia vecherom |
| right now | прямо сейчас - priamo seichas |
| last night | вчера вечером - vchera vecherom |
| this morning | сегодня утром - segodnia utrom |
| next week | на следующей неделе - na sleduiushtei nedele |
| already | уже - uze |
| recently | недавно - nedavno |
| lately | за последнее время - za poslednee vremia |
| soon | скоро - skoro |
| immediately | немедленно - nemedlenno |
| still | по-прежнему - po-preznemu |
| yet | еще - eshte |
| ago | тому назад - tomu nazad |
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| adverbs of place | наречия места - narechia mesta |
| here | здесь - zdesio |
| there | там - tam |
| over there | вон там - von tam |
| everywhere | везде - vezde |
| anywhere | где угодно - gde ugodno |
| nowhere | нигде - nigde |
| home | дома - doma |
| away | прочь - prochio |
| out | из - iz |
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| adverbs of manner | наречия образом - narechia obrazom |
| very | очень - ochenio |
| quite | вполне - vpolne |
| pretty | довольно - dovolioo |
| really | на самом деле - na samom dele |
| fast | быстро - bыstro |
| well | хорошо - horosho |
| hard | жесткий - zestkii |
| quickly | быстро - bыstro |
| slowly | медленно - medlenno |
| carefully | осторожно - ostorozno |
| hardly | вряд ли - vriad li |
| barely | едва - edva |
| mostly | главным образом - glavnыm obrazom |
| almost | почти - pochti |
| absolutely | абсолютно - absoliutno |
| together | вместе - vmeste |
| alone | в одиночку - v odinochku |
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| adverbs of frequency | наречия частоты - narechia chastotы |
| always | всегда - vsegda |
| frequently | часто - chasto |
| usually | обычно - obыchno |
| sometimes | иногда - inogda |
| occasionally | иногда - inogda |
| seldom | редко - redko |
| rarely | редко - redko |
| never | никогда - nikogda |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Russian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Russian Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Russian lessons here: Learn Russian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.