Adverbs

Question 1

probably

Answer 1

sannsynligvis

Question 2

right away

Answer 2

med en gang

Question 3

immediately

Answer 3

med det samme

umiddelbart

Ex. En diskusjon fulgte ummidelbart etter filmen. (A discussion immediately followed the film)

Question 4

usually

Answer 4

vanligvis

Question 5

only, just

Answer 5

bare, kun

Question 6

just before

Answer 6

rett før, like før

Question 7

firstly, first of all

Answer 7

først og fremst

aller først

Question 8

exactly, just so, right, accurate

Answer 8

akkurat

Ex Akkurat nå (right now)
Ex. Akkurat som hjemme (just like at home)
Ex. Det var ikke akkurat det jeg mente (that’s not exactly what I meant)
Ex. Akkurat, slik er det! (Exactly, that’s how it is! [expression of agreement])

Question 9

just (re: time)

Answer 9

nettopp, akkurat

Ex. Han har akkurat/nettopp forlatt kontoret (He has just left the office)

Question 10

in this way, like so, and such, so that
(usually written, formal)

Answer 10

slik

NOTE: Regular endings are NOT used when slik is used as an adverb

Ex. Gjør det slik. (Do it like this.)
Ex. Det ser slik ut. (It looks like this.)
Ex. Er det slik å forstå? (Is it so understood?)
Ex. Folk tar buss slik at de sparer penger (People take the bus so that they save money)

Question 11

in this way, like so, and such, so that
(usually spoken, informal)

Answer 11

sånn

NOTE: Regular endings are NOT used when slik is used as an adverb

Ex. Du kan ikke bo sånn! (You can’t live like that!)
Ex. Jeg liker natur og dyre og sånt (I like nature and animals and such)
Ex. Jeg hører på norske podkaster sånn at jeg blir bedre (I listen to norwegian podcasts so that I become better [at norwegian])

Question 12

at the same time

Answer 12

samtidig

Ex. Han var redd men samtidig glad

Question 13

to some extent, fairly

Answer 13

nokså

~ synonymous with ‘ganske’ (quite)

Ex. Han så nokså frisk ut (He looked pretty healthy)
Ex. Det var nokså stille i biblioteket i dag.

Question 14

particularly, especially

Answer 14

særlig, spesielt

Question 15

possibly

Answer 15

muligvis

Question 16

gladly
rather (superlative)
most preferably (comparative)

Answer 16

gjerne, heller, helst

Question 17

loudly

Answer 17

høyt
høyere, høyest

Question 18

nicely

Answer 18

pent
penere, penest

Question 19

rapidly, quickly

Answer 19

raskt
raskere, raskest

Ex. Fortere and fortest may be more commonly used than raskere/raskest

Ex. Innbruddstyven løp raskt, men politimann løp raskere (The burglar ran quickly but the policeman ran more quickly)

Question 20

quietly

Answer 20

lavt
lavere, lavest

Ex. Gutten snakket lavt, men jenta snakket lavere

Question 21

clearly

Answer 21

klart
klarere, klarest

Ex. Han snakket klart, men hun snakket klarere.

Question 22

slowly

Answer 22

sakte
saktere, saktest

Ex. Skilpadden beveget seg sakte, men dovendyret beveget seg saktest. (The turtle moved slowly but the sloth moved slower.)

Question 23

a long time

Answer 23

lenge
lenger, lengst

Ex. Jeg ventet lenge, men Sally måtte vente enda lenger og Amy ventet lengst.

Question 24

well
better
best

Answer 24

bra

bedre

best

Ex. Hun spilte piano bra og mannen sin spilte bedre men sønnen deres spilte best av alle.

Question 25

poorly
worse
worst

Answer 25

dårlig / ille
verre
verst

Ex. John spilte tennis dårlig, men Eric spilte verre og Alex var den verste.

Question 26

much
more
most

Answer 26

mye
mer
mest

Ex. Hun spiste mye, men han spiste mer og jeg spiste mest.

Question 27

far
farther
farthest

Answer 27

langt
lenger
lengst

Ex. Huset mitt er langt borte, men hun bor lenger borte og vennen vår Eric bor lengst borte

Question 28

near
nearer
nearest

Answer 28

nær
nærmere
nærmest

Ex. Matbutikken er nær oss, skolen er nærmere, og dessverre er kontoret mitt nærmest.

Question 29

little
less
least

Answer 29

lite
mindre
minst

Ex. Erik spiste lite i dag (Erik ate little today)
NOTE: This differs from Erik spiste litt i dag (Erik ate a little today.)

Question 30

a little

Answer 30

litt

Ex. Erik spiste litt i går (Erik ate a little yesterday)
NOTE This differs from Erik spiste lite i går (Erik ate little yesterday)

Question 31

quite

Answer 31

ganske

~ synonymous with nokså

Ex. Det var ganske mange mennesker på møtet (There were quite a few people at the meeting)
Ex. Det gikk ganske bra (It went quite well)

Question 32

very

Answer 32

veldig, svært

Note: Svært is more formal than veldig

Ex. Det er veldig bra / Det er svært så bra

Question 33

completely

Answer 33

helt

Question 34

terribly

Answer 34

forferdelig

Ex. Han er forferdelig sint (He is terribly angry.) – modifying an adjective
Ex. Han kjører forferdelig fort (He drives terribly fast) – modifying an adverb

Question 35

too

Answer 35

for

Ex. Han kjører for fort (He drives too fast) — modifying an adverb
Ex. Genseren er for stor (The sweater is too big) — modifying an adjective

Question 36

much too

Answer 36

altfor

Ex. Han kjører altfor fort (He drives much too fast) — modifying an adverb
Ex. Genseren er altfor stor for meg (The sweater is much to big for me) – modifying an adjective

Question 37

and still, all the same, regardless, nevertheless

Answer 37

likevel
allikevel

Allikevel may be a bit more formal, and more emphatic

Question 38

by far

Answer 38

aller

Ex. Bilen din er aller raskest (Your car is by far the fastest.)

Question 39

afterwards

precedes verb+subject, or follows subject+verb at end of sentence

Answer 39

Etterpå

Ex. Vi spiste middag or etterpå så vi på TV.
NOTE: It differs from etter (preposition, precedes an object) and etter at (conjunction; precedes a subject+verb)

Question 40

currently

Answer 40

for tiden

Question 41

anywhere

Answer 41

hvor som helst

Question 42

anytime

Answer 42

når som helst

Question 43

luckily

Answer 43

heldigvis