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Learning the Bengali 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 Bengali language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Bengali.
Bengali 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.
While in English adverbs are usually formed by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Bengali many adverbs are formed from adjectives, simply by adding the prefix to the singular form of adjectives or by repeating the same adjective or by adding some prefix like (-bhabe, moto). There is no hard and fast rule in changing an adjective to an adverb. Adverbs are identified only when they qualify the verbs. Examples:
Dhire (slow) becomes an adverb when we say Dhire chalo (move slowly)
sathik (perfect) becomes an adverb when we say sathik bhaabe (perfectly)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature. For example: taratari, jore (fast).
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Bengali Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | kria bisestion - ক্রিঅ বিসএস্টিওন্ |
| I read a book sometimes | ami ekta boi kokhono kokhono pori - অমি এক্ট বওই কওখওনও কওখওনও পওরি |
| I will never smoke | ami kokhono dhumpan korbo na. - অমি কওখওনও দুম্পন্ কওর্বও ন. |
| are you alone? | apni ki ekla ? - অপ্নি কি এক্ল ? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Bengali.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Bengali placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Bengali vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Bengali Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | somoy ar kria besestion - সওমওয্ অর্ ক্রিঅ বএসএস্টিওন্ |
| yesterday | gotokal - গওটওকল্ |
| today | aj, ajker din - অজ্, অজ্কএর্ ডিন্ |
| tomorrow | agamikal - অগমিকল্ |
| now | akhon - অখওন্ |
| then | tokhon - টওখওন্ |
| later | pore - পওরএ |
| tonight | aj rat - অজ্ রট্ |
| right now | ekhonni - এখওন্নি |
| last night | goto rate - গওটও রটএ |
| this morning | ajker sokale - অজ্কএর্ সওকলএ |
| next week | porer soptahe - পওরএর্ সওপ্টহএ |
| already | iti moddhe - ইটি মওড্দএ |
| recently | somproti, somproti kale - সওম্প্রওটি, সওম্প্রওটি কলএ |
| lately | deri kore - ডএরি কওরএ |
| soon | shighro - শিঘ্রও |
| immediately | tatkhonat, khub taratari - টট্খওনট্, খুব্ টরটরি |
| still | akhono - অখওনও |
| yet | akhon porjonto - অখওন্ পওর্জওন্টও |
| ago | purbe - পুর্বএ |
| adverbs of place | somoyer kria besestion - সওমওযএর্ ক্রিঅ বএসএস্টিওন্ |
| here | akhane - অখনএ |
| there | sekhane - সএখনএ |
| over there | oikhane - ওইখনএ |
| everywhere | sorbotro - সওর্বওট্রও |
| anywhere | jekono jaygay - জএকওনও জয্গয্ |
| nowhere | kothao na - কওতও ন |
| home | bari - বরি |
| away | poth, rasta - পওত্, রস্ট |
| out | bahire - বহিরএ |
| adverbs of manner | |
| very | khub - খুব্ |
| quite | anek - অনএক্ |
| pretty | monohor - মওনওহওর্ |
| really | sottie, prokritoi - সওট্টিএ, প্রওক্রিটওই |
| fast | druto, taratari - ড্রুটও, টরটরি |
| well | valo - বলও |
| hard | kothin - কওতিন্ |
| quickly | taratari - টরটরি |
| slowly | dhire dhire - দিরএ দিরএ |
| carefully | sabdhanotar sate, sotorkotar sate - সব্দনওটর্ সটএ, সওটওর্কওটর্ সটএ |
| hardly | kothin vabe - কওতিন্ ববএ |
| barely | |
| mostly | audhik - ঔদিক্ |
| almost | praye - প্রযএ |
| absolutely | sothik vabe - সওতিক্ ববএ |
| together | akotre, aksathe - অকওট্রএ, অক্সতএ |
| alone | akaki, - অককি, |
| adverbs of frequency | toronger kria bisestion - টওরওন্গএর্ ক্রিঅ বিসএস্টিওন্ |
| always | sorboda - সওর্বওড |
| frequently | ghono ghono - ঘওনও ঘওনও |
| usually | socharachor - সওচরচওর্ |
| sometimes | majhe majhe - মঝএ মঝএ |
| occasionally | pesha goto vabe - পএশ গওটও ববএ |
| seldom | kadachit - কডচিট্ |
| rarely | |
| never | kokhono - কওখওনও |
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