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Learning the Italian Adverbs displayed below is vital to the language. Italian 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.
In Italian many adverbs are formed starting from the correspondent adjective, by adding usually the suffix –mente to the feminine singular form (the same way we add –ly to an adjective in English).
Ex. the adjective lento (slow) becomes the adverb lentamente (slowly), where “lenta” is the feminine form of the adjective.
Notice: Some differences occur when the adjective ends with –e (used for both masculine and feminine): in this case, we usually omit the –e and we add the suffix –mente.
Ex. the adjective “credibile” (credible) becomes the adverb “credibilmente” (credibly).
Here are some other examples:
| English Adverbs | Italian Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | avverbi |
| I read a book sometimes | Ogni tanto leggo un libro |
| I will never smoke | non fumerò mai |
| are you alone? | Sei solo? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Italian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Italian.
While in English adverbs are usually formed by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Italian many adverbs are formed from adjectives, simply by adding the suffix -mente to the singular feminine form of adjectives. Examples:
Lento (slow) becomes lentamente (slowly)
Perfetto (perfect) becomes perfettamente (perfectly)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature. For example:
Adesso (now), davvero (really), e subito (soon) are all Italian adverbs.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Italian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Italian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Italian Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | avverbi di tempo |
| yesterday | ieri |
| today | oggi |
| tomorrow | domani |
| now | ora |
| then | poi (or)allora (consequence) |
| later | più tardi |
| tonight | stasera |
| right now | adesso |
| last night | la notte scorsa |
| this morning | stamattina |
| next week | la prossima settimana |
| already | già |
| recently | recentemente |
| lately | ultimamente |
| soon | presto |
| immediately | immediatamente |
| still | ancora |
| yet | ancora |
| ago | fa |
| adverbs of place | avverbi di luogo |
| here | qui |
| there | là |
| over there | laggiù |
| everywhere | ovunque |
| anywhere | ovunque, in qualsiasi luogo |
| nowhere | da nessuna parte |
| home | casa |
| away | via |
| out | fuori |
| adverbs of manner | avverbi di modo |
| very | molto |
| quite | abbastanza |
| pretty | piuttosto |
| really | veramente |
| fast | veloce |
| well | bene |
| hard | con fatica, tenacemente |
| quickly | rapidamente |
| slowly | lentamente |
| carefully | attentamente (or)con cura |
| hardly | appena (or)a fatica |
| barely | a mala pena |
| mostly | per la maggiparte |
| almost | quasi |
| absolutely | assolutamente |
| together | insieme |
| alone | da solo |
| adverbs of frequency | avverbi di frequenza |
| always | sempre |
| frequently | frequentemente |
| usually | solitamente |
| sometimes | a volte |
| occasionally | occasionalmente |
| seldom | raramente |
| rarely | raramente |
| never | mai |
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