Adverbs & adjectives Flashcards
Addastansa
Quite, enough
Adesso
Now
A rule: Adverb placement (perfect tense)
Adverbs such as mai, sempre, gia, più, appena are placed between the two parts of the verb: sono mai stata….
Adverbs go before adjectives (vai piu piano) or before other adverbs.
A rule: Adverb placement
Adverbs go immediately after the verb.
Fore emphasis: it is placed at the beginning of the sentence.
Anche
Too, as well
Ancora
Still, yet
Appena
Just, only just
Bene
Well
Buono
Good
Cattivo
Bad
Certo
(Adj) sure, certain and (adv) of course
Chiaro
(Adj) Clear and (adv) clearly
Ci
There
Corrente
Fluent
Cosi
So, like this, like that
da qualche parte
somewhere
Dappertutto
Everywhere
Davanti
At the front
Davvero
Truly, really
Dentro
Inside
Di (as a superlative)
Than- più forte di me “faster than me”
Di meno ….
Less - ho spesso di meno - “I spent less”
Least - … mi piace di meno - “… I liked the least”
Di più …
More - cosa di più - “it costs more”
Most - la cosa che temeva di più - “the thing she feared the most”
di solito
usually
Diritto
(Adj) straight and (adv) straight on
Domani
Tomorrow
Dopo
After, later
due volte
twice
Ecco
Here - ecco l’autobus
Facile
Easy
A rule: Forming an adverb from an adjective
Ends in -o: drop the o and add “amente” (lentamente)
Ends in -e: just add “mente” (velocemente)
Ends in -le or -re: drop the e and add “mente” (facilmente)
Forse
Perhaps, maybe
Forse
maybe
Forte
(Adj) strong, hard and (adv) fast, hard
Fortunato/a
Lucky
Fuori
Outside
Già
Already
Giusto
(Adj) Right and (adv) correctly
Ieri
Yesterday
Indietro
Back - torniamo dietro - “lets turn back”
Là or lì
There
Laggiù
Down there, over there
Lassù
Up there
Lento/a
Slow
Lontano
A long way away
Mai
Never - non sono mai …. - “I have never ….”
Ever - sei mai … - “Have you ever…”
Male
Badly
Meglio
better
Meno
less - placed before the adverb
Meno di …..
Less than ….
Molto
(Adj) a lot of and (adv) a lot, very, very much
Oggi
Today
Ora
Today
Particolare
Particular
Peggio
worse
Pertroppo
unfortunately
Più
more - placed before the adverb
Più di ….
More than …
Poco
(Adj) little, not very much and (adv) not very much, not very
Poi
Then
Presto
Soon, early
Prima
Before
Proprio
Really, truly
Qua or qui
Here
qualche volta
sometimes
Quasi
Nearly
Sempre (with a comparative adverb)
“Slower and slower”, “faster and faster” etc - le cose vanno sempre meglio - “things are going better and better”
Solo
(Adj) alone, lonely and (adv) only
Sopra
Up, on top
Sotto
Underneath, downstairs
Spesso
Often (adv) and thick (adj)
Subito
At once
Tanto
So, so much
Tardi
Late
Una volta
once
Veloce
Fast
Vicino
(Adj) Near, close and (adv) nearby, near here
… di tutti
“Of all” - più meno di tutti - “the slowest (of all)”
A rule: Adjective placement
Generally, adjectives are placed after the noun.
Some adjectives change meaning by placing them before the noun:
Adj (defn: after / before)
Povera (poor: $$/unfortunate)
Grande (big: large/great)
Nuova (new: new/latest)
Vecchia (old: old /long standing)
Cara (old: old/dearest)
