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Learning the Estonian 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 Estonian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Estonian.
Estonian 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 Estonian many adverbs are formed from adjectives, simply by using the ablative case of the adjective. Examples:
Aeglane (slow) becomes aeglaselt (slowly)
Kaunis (beautiful) becomes kaunilt (beautifully)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature. For example:
Nüüd (now), tõesti (really), and varsti (soon) are all Estonian adverbs.
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Estonian Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | määrsõnad |
| I read a book sometimes | Ma loen vahel raamatut |
| I will never smoke | Ma ei suitseta kunagi |
| are you alone? | Kas sa oled üksi? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Estonian.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Estonian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Estonian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Estonian Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | Ajamäärused |
| yesterday | eile |
| today | täna |
| tomorrow | homme |
| now | nüüd |
| then | siis |
| later | hiljem |
| tonight | täna õhtul |
| right now | kohe |
| last night | eile õhtul |
| this morning | täna hommikul |
| next week | Järgmisel nädalal |
| already | juba |
| recently | hiljuti |
| lately | viimasel ajal |
| soon | varsti |
| immediately | otsekohe |
| still | ikka veel |
| yet | veel |
| ago | tagasi |
| adverbs of place | kohamäärused |
| here | siin |
| there | seal |
| over there | seal eemal |
| everywhere | kõikjal |
| anywhere | kuskil |
| nowhere | mitte kuskil |
| home | kodu |
| away | ära |
| out | väljas |
| adverbs of manner | viisimäärused |
| very | väga |
| quite | üpris |
| pretty | üsna |
| really | tõesti |
| fast | kiire |
| well | hästi |
| hard | raske |
| quickly | kiiresti |
| slowly | aeglaselt |
| carefully | hoolikalt |
| hardly | vaevalt |
| barely | vaevalt |
| mostly | enamasti |
| almost | peaaegu |
| absolutely | absoluutselt |
| together | koos |
| alone | üksi |
| adverbs of frequency | Sageduse määrsõnad |
| always | alati |
| frequently | sageli |
| usually | tavaliselt |
| sometimes | mõnikord |
| occasionally | vahetevahel |
| seldom | harva |
| rarely | haruharva |
| never | mitte kunagi |
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