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Adverbs tell us how an action (verb) is being done. An adverb describes the verb (and sometimes modify adjectives or other adverbs.) quickly Superman flew quickly. Quickly is the adverb.
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How do you tell which word is an adverb? It’s super easy! The dog barked loudly. 2 questions. What did the dog do? Barked (Verb) How did it do it? Loudly (adverb)
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Adverbs in English It is really easy to spot an adverb in English as most of them end in ‘ly’ Quickly Loudly Hurriedly Noisily Quietly
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Adverbs in Spanish It is just as easy to spot them in Spanish as they tend to end in ‘mente’. normalmente seriamente sabrosamente
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How to form adverbs in Spanish 1.Start with the adjective. 2.Spell it in the feminine way. 3.Add ‘mente’ on the end. 1. perfect= adjective = perfecto. 2.perfecta 3.perfectamente and there you have ‘perfectly’ in Spanish Piece of cake!!!
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generously generoso generosa generosamente
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quietly tranquilo tranquila tranquilamente
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magnificently magnífico magnífica magníficamente
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seriously serio seria seriamente
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unfortunately desafortunado desafortunada desafortunadamente What a word!!!
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If there is an accent in the adjective, you must keep the accent in the adverb fácil fácil fácilmente
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If there is no feminine form, just add “mente”. felizmente
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enormemente
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Some adverbs don’t follow the “mente” rule
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Adverbs with “mente” usually follow the verb. María dibuja maravillosamente. María draws marvelously. Adverbs that modify an adjective or another adverb go before the word they modify. Luisa juega muy bien el softbol. Luisa plays softball very well.
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There are a couple more which are used frequently but do not follow the pattern We cannot say ‘I play good.’ We say ‘I play well’ ‘well’ is the adverb ‘good’ is the adjective What is the word for ‘good’ in Spanish? bueno To make the adverb ‘well’ we change it to bien Toco bien… I play well
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What is the adverb of ‘bad’ in English? Badly In English, this adjective and adverb follow the pattern. In Spanish they don’t What is the word for ‘bad’ malo and ‘badly’? mal Toco mal…I play badly
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Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.1.4-19 Transforma los adjetivos en adverbios. 1. alegre __________ 2. constante ___________ 3. gradual ___________ 4. perfecto ___________ 5. real ___________ 6. frecuente __________ 7. tranquilo __________ 8. regular __________ 9. maravilloso __________ 10. normal __________ 11. básico __________ 12. afortunado __________ alegremente constantemente gradualmente perfectamente realmente maravillosamente frecuentementenormalmente tranquilamentebásicamente regularmente afortunadamente
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¿Y tú? ¿Qué opinas? Dvicio canta.. bien / mal / muy bien / bastante mal Thelonious Monk toca.. bien / mal / muy bien / bastante mal...el piano
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¿Y tú? ¿Qué opinas? Leo Messi juega bien / mal / muy bien / bastante mal...al fútbol. Lady Gaga baila.. bien / mal / rápidamente / lentamente.
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¿Y tú? ¿Qué opinas? Shakira habla.. perfectamente / bien / mal / bastante mal..el español. Usain Bolt corre... rápidamente / lentamente / muy mal.
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¿Cómo juegas al fútbol? Juego ¿Cómo cocinas? Cocino ¿Cómo tocas la guitarra? Toco ¿Cómo llegas a la escuela? Llego ¿Cómo hablas el español? Hablo rápidamente lentamente perfectamente bien mal normalmente inteligentemente
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lento rápido bueno normal fácil accidental difícil frecuente verdadero cómodo general perfecto simple maravilloso malo aburrido divertido tranquilo bonito feliz alegre triste seguro fabuloso enorme real regular básico afortunado constante gradual perfecto magnífico inmediato desafortunado
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lentamente rápidamente bien normalmente fácilmente accidentalmente a menudo difícilmente frecuentemente verdaderamente cómodamente generalmente perfectamente simplemente maravillosamente mal aburridamente a veces divertidamente tranquilamente bonitamente felizmente alegremente tristemente
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