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3.9 Adverbs3.9.1 FormDerived adverbs are formed by adding the ending
e to the stem.
E.g.: bone – well, kuŝe – lying, facile – easily, rapide – fast, quickly, ekzakte – exactly, blue – bluely, sabate – on Saturday, nokte – in the night, skribe – in writing Many of them are derived from prepositions: antataŭ – before ◊ antataŭe – ahead apud – beside ◊ apude – nearby (adv.) dum – during ◊ dume – in the meantime ekster – outside of ◊ ekstere – outside kontraŭ – against ◊ kontraŭe – vice versa, conversely kun – with ◊ kune – together post – after ◊ poste – afterward sub – under ◊ sube – down super – above ◊ supere – above (adv.). Many of the adverbs are not derived, so called primitive. EG: nun – now,
jam – already,
ĉi – near to me,
ankoraŭ – still,
baldaŭ – soon,
hodiaŭ – today,
tuj – immediately,
plu – more,
tre – very,
ankaŭ – also,
do – thus,
nur – only
3.9.2 ComparisonComparison of adverbs is done analytically. Comparative is formed by
pli + positive, superlative by
plej + positive.
Mi faras tiel bone kiel vi. – I work as good as you. Mi faras pli bone kiel vi. – I work better than you do. Mi faras plej bone el ni. – I work best from us. It is also possible to compare in opposite direction using prefix mal – then comparative is formed by malpli + positive, superlative by malplej + positive. It is equivalent to put prefix to the adverb pli/plej and to the compared adverb.
Vi estas malpli bela ol ŝi. =
Vi estas pli malbela ol ŝi. – You
are uglier than she is.
Vi estas malplej bela ol ni. = Vi estas plej malbela ol ni. – You are the ugliest from us. Adjectives compare the same way (see 3.4.2) 3.9.3 InflectionAdverbs of place can form accusative to mark the
direction.
hejme – at home (place): Mi estas hejme. – I am home. hejmen – at home (direction): Mi iras hejmen. – I go home. kie – where (place): Kie vi estas? – Where are you? kien – where (direction): Kien vi kuras? – Where do you run? |