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Learning the Latvian Adverbs displayed below is vital to the language. Latvian 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 Latvian many adverbs are formed from adjectives, simply by removing the last consonant before adding the vowel (–i) to the masculine form of the adjective. Examples:
Lēns (slow) becomes lēni (slowly)
Perfekts (perfect) becomes perfekti (perfectly)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature. For example:
Šobrīd (now), patiešām (really) un drīz (soon) are all Latvian adverbs.
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Latvian Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | apstākļa vārdu |
| I read a book sometimes | Dažreiz lasu grāmatu |
| I will never smoke | Nekad nesmēķēšu |
| are you alone? | Vai esi viens pats? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Latvian.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Latvian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Latvian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Latvian Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | laika apstākļa vārdi |
| yesterday | vakar |
| today | šodien |
| tomorrow | rīt |
| now | tagad |
| then | tad |
| later | vēlāk |
| tonight | šovakar |
| right now | tieši tagad |
| last night | vakar vakarā |
| this morning | šorīt |
| next week | nākamnedēļ |
| already | jau |
| recently | nesen |
| lately | nesen |
| soon | drīz |
| immediately | nekavējoties |
| still | vēl |
| yet | vēl ne.../jau |
| ago | pirms |
| adverbs of place | vietas apstākļa vārdi |
| here | šeit |
| there | tur |
| over there | tur |
| everywhere | visur |
| anywhere | jebkur |
| nowhere | nekur |
| home | mājās |
| away | prom |
| out | ārā |
| adverbs of manner | veida apstākļa vārdi |
| very | ļoti |
| quite | pavisam |
| pretty | diezgan |
| really | tiešām |
| fast | ātri |
| well | labi |
| hard | grūti |
| quickly | ātri |
| slowly | lēnām |
| carefully | uzmanīgi |
| hardly | tikko |
| barely | tikko |
| mostly | galvenokārt |
| almost | gandrīz |
| absolutely | absolūti |
| together | kopā |
| alone | tikai |
| adverbs of frequency | apstākļa vārdi, kas norāda biežumu |
| always | vienmēr |
| frequently | bieži |
| usually | parasti |
| sometimes | dažreiz |
| occasionally | laiku pa laikam |
| seldom | reti |
| rarely | reti |
| never | nekad |
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