Spanish Adverbs

Use of Spanish Adverbs

What is writing without details? What is speaking without adverbs? What would Spanish be without Spanish adverbs? It would be a very non-detailed language. What am I getting at here?

A lot of the adverbs in Spanish, are taken from adjectives. Did you know that? Spanish adverbs are used to give us detail. These adverbs tell us how, where, or when, something takes place in the sentence. They are descriptive helpers in the sentence structure. They help us to keep limits on the meaning of verbs, adjectives etc...

There are a few rules that we must keep in mind. First of all, if you want to create an adverb from an adjective, you will have to do the following. Whatever your adjective, you are going to want to add the suffix "mente" onto the end of that. The adjective must be singular though and it must be feminine. If your adjective ends in the letter "o", change it to an "a".

There are adverbs which talk about place and there are also adverbs which refer to manner. Let me explain further. Adverbs of place talk about where something happens. The place where something actually happens, is what this adverb refers to. These adverbs normally appear before the verb they change. However, they can also appear after the verb.

On the flipside of that, the adverbs which refer to manner are the most popular in this language. They are used in all kinds of different situations. What do they do? They tell us how something is done. Spanish adverbs of place told us how something was done. The adverbs of manner normally come right after the verb they are changing. They can make the verb "more" or "less". This depends on the context of the setence. We also have adverbs which refer to the point of view. They are adverbs that change the entire sentence. I will see you in the next lesson. Nouns>>