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Learning the Javanese 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 Javanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Javanese.
Javanese 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 | Javanese Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | keterangan |
| I read a book sometimes | aku kadang-kadang moco buku |
| I will never smoke | aku ora tau ngrokok |
| are you alone? | awakmu dewean? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Javanese.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Javanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Javanese vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Javanese Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | keterangan wektu |
| yesterday | wingi |
| today | dina ini |
| tomorrow | sesuk |
| now | saiki |
| then | terus |
| later | mengko |
| tonight | mbengi iki |
| right now | saiki |
| last night | mau bengi |
| this morning | esuk iki |
| next week | minggu ngarep |
| already | wis |
| recently | lagi ae/akhir-akhir iki |
| lately | akhir-akhir iki |
| soon | |
| immediately | |
| still | isih |
| yet | durung |
| ago | kepungkur (one year ago= tahun wingi/tahun kepungkur) |
| adverbs of place | keterangan papan |
| here | ning kene |
| there | ning kono |
| over there | ning kono |
| everywhere | nendi-nendi |
| anywhere | nendi ae |
| nowhere | ora nendi-nendi |
| home | omah |
| away | lungo |
| out | metu |
| adverbs of manner | keterangan cara |
| very | banget |
| quite | |
| pretty | banget |
| really | bener-bener |
| fast | cepet |
| well | apik |
| hard | atos |
| quickly | cepet |
| slowly | alon |
| carefully | ati-ati |
| hardly | meh ora |
| barely | meh ora |
| mostly | |
| almost | meh |
| absolutely | jelas |
| together | bareng-bareng |
| alone | dewekan |
| adverbs of frequency | keterangan frekuensi |
| always | mesti |
| frequently | sering |
| usually | biasane |
| sometimes | kadang-kadang |
| occasionally | kadang-kadang |
| seldom | jarang |
| rarely | jarang |
| never | ora tau/ora pernah |
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