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Adverbs & adjectives Flashcards

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Addastansa

A

Quite, enough

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Adesso

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Now

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A rule: Adverb placement (perfect tense)

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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.

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A rule: Adverb placement

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Adverbs go immediately after the verb.

Fore emphasis: it is placed at the beginning of the sentence.

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Anche

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Too, as well

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Ancora

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Still, yet

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Appena

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Just, only just

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Bene

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Well

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Buono

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Good

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Cattivo

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Bad

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Certo

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(Adj) sure, certain and (adv) of course

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Chiaro

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(Adj) Clear and (adv) clearly

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Ci

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There

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14
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Corrente

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Fluent

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Cosi

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So, like this, like that

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16
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da qualche parte

A

somewhere

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Dappertutto

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Everywhere

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Davanti

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At the front

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Davvero

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Truly, really

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Dentro

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Inside

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Di (as a superlative)

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Than- più forte di me “faster than me”

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Di meno ….

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Less - ho spesso di meno - “I spent less”

Least - … mi piace di meno - “… I liked the least”

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Di più …

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More - cosa di più - “it costs more”

Most - la cosa che temeva di più - “the thing she feared the most”

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di solito

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usually

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Diritto

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(Adj) straight and (adv) straight on

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Domani

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Tomorrow

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Dopo

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After, later

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due volte

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twice

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Ecco

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Here - ecco l’autobus

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Facile

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Easy

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A rule: Forming an adverb from an adjective

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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)

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Forse

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Perhaps, maybe

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Forse

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maybe

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Forte

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(Adj) strong, hard and (adv) fast, hard

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Fortunato/a

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Lucky

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Fuori

A

Outside

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Già

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Already

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Giusto

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(Adj) Right and (adv) correctly

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Ieri

A

Yesterday

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Indietro

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Back - torniamo dietro - “lets turn back”

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Là or lì

A

There

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Laggiù

A

Down there, over there

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Lassù

A

Up there

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Lento/a

A

Slow

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Lontano

A

A long way away

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Mai

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Never - non sono mai …. - “I have never ….”

Ever - sei mai … - “Have you ever…”

47
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Male

A

Badly

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Meglio

A

better

49
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Meno

A

less - placed before the adverb

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Meno di …..

A

Less than ….

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Molto

A

(Adj) a lot of and (adv) a lot, very, very much

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Oggi

A

Today

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Ora

A

Today

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Particolare

A

Particular

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Peggio

A

worse

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Pertroppo

A

unfortunately

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Più

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more - placed before the adverb

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Più di ….

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More than …

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Poco

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(Adj) little, not very much and (adv) not very much, not very

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Poi

A

Then

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Presto

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Soon, early

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Prima

A

Before

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Proprio

A

Really, truly

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Qua or qui

A

Here

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qualche volta

A

sometimes

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Quasi

A

Nearly

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Sempre (with a comparative adverb)

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“Slower and slower”, “faster and faster” etc - le cose vanno sempre meglio - “things are going better and better”

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Solo

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(Adj) alone, lonely and (adv) only

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Sopra

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Up, on top

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Sotto

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Underneath, downstairs

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Spesso

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Often (adv) and thick (adj)

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Subito

A

At once

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Tanto

A

So, so much

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Tardi

A

Late

75
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Una volta

A

once

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Veloce

A

Fast

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Vicino

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(Adj) Near, close and (adv) nearby, near here

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… di tutti

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“Of all” - più meno di tutti - “the slowest (of all)”

79
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A rule: Adjective placement

A

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)

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