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Learning the Irish Adverbs displayed below is vital to the language. Irish 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 | Irish Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | Dobhriathra |
| I read a book sometimes | Uaireanta léighim leabhar |
| I will never smoke | Ní chaithfidh mé tobac choíche |
| are you alone? | An bhfuil tú i d'aonar |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Irish.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Irish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Irish vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Irish Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | Dobhriathra ama |
| yesterday | inné |
| today | inniu |
| tomorrow | amárach |
| now | anois |
| then | ansin |
| later | níos déanaí |
| tonight | anocht |
| right now | Anois díreach/lom láithreach |
| last night | aréir |
| this morning | an mhaidin seo/maidin inniu |
| next week | an tseachtain seo chugainn |
| already | cheana |
| recently | le gairid |
| lately | le déanaí |
| soon | go luath |
| immediately | gan mhoill ( without delay ) |
| still | fós |
| yet | go fóill |
| ago | ó shin |
| adverbs of place | dobhriathra áite |
| here | anseo |
| there | ansin |
| over there | thall ansin/ thall ansúd |
| everywhere | i ngach áit |
| anywhere | áit ar bith |
| nowhere | áit ar bith |
| home | ag baile/sa bhaile |
| away | as baile |
| out | amach/ amuigh |
| adverbs of manner | dobhriathra modha |
| very | an- |
| quite | go leor |
| pretty | deas |
| really | i ndáiríre |
| fast | tapa/ tapaidh |
| well | go maith |
| hard | crua |
| quickly | go tapa |
| slowly | go mall |
| carefully | go cúramach |
| hardly | éigean |
| barely | ar éigean |
| mostly | den chuid is mó |
| almost | beagnach |
| absolutely | go hiomlán |
| together | le chéile |
| alone | i n-aonar/ina haonar/.ina n-aonar |
| adverbs of frequency | dobhriathra minicíochta |
| always | i gcónaí |
| frequently | go minic |
| usually | de ghnáth |
| sometimes | uaireanta |
| occasionally | ó am go ham |
| seldom | Is annamh a |
| rarely | go hannamh |
| never | riamh |
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