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    The document provides an overview of different types of adverbs in Italian: 1. Adjectives used as adverbs without changing form, such as "veloce" for quickly. 2. Adverbs of time, frequency and place, including "adesso" for now and "sempre" for always. 3. Unstressed adverbs of place like "ci" and "ne" as well as interrogative adverbs like "come" and "perché". 4. Negative adverbs include "mai" for never and affirmatory adverbs like "certamente" for certainly.

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    The document provides an overview of different types of adverbs in Italian: 1. Adjectives used as adverbs without changing form, such as "veloce" for quickly. 2. Adverbs of time, frequency and place, including "adesso" for now and "sempre" for always. 3. Unstressed adverbs of place like "ci" and "ne" as well as interrogative adverbs like "come" and "perché". 4. Negative adverbs include "mai" for never and affirmatory adverbs like "certamente" for certainly.

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    The document provides an overview of different types of adverbs in Italian: 1. Adjectives used as adverbs without changing form, such as "veloce" for quickly. 2. Adverbs of time, frequency and place, including "adesso" for now and "sempre" for always. 3. Unstressed adverbs of place like "ci" and "ne" as well as interrogative adverbs like "come" and "perché". 4. Negative adverbs include "mai" for never and affirmatory adverbs like "certamente" for certainly.

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    ADVERBS

    1. Adjectives used as adverbs (without any change in their form: masculine, singular)

    Italian English Examples


    Certo Certain(ly) Non ti capisco quando parli veloce. (Instead of velocemente). I don’t
    Chiaro Clear(ly) understand you when you speak fast.
    Diritto Straight ahead Capisco benissimo quando parli chiaro. (Instead of chiaramante). I
    Duro Hard understand very well when you speak clearly.
    Forte Strong
    Giusto Just
    Lontano Far
    Piano Slow(ly)
    Proprio Precisely
    Solo Only
    Veloce Quick(ly)
    Vicino Near

    2. Adverbs of time, frequency and place

    Time
    Adesso Now Prima (di) Before
    Allora Then (So, then, well) Subito Immediately
    Ancora Still Tardi Late
    Dopo (di) After, afterwards Oggi Today
    Gia Already Ieri Yesterday
    Poi Then, after, afterwards Domani Tomorrow
    Presto Soon, early L’altro ieri Day before yesterday
    Frequency
    Di solito Usually Qualche volta Sometimes
    Generalmente Generally Raramente Rarely
    Mai Never Spesso Often
    Normalmente Normally Sempre Always
    Ogni tanto Every so often
    Place
    Altrove Elsewhere Li, la There
    Davanti (a) In front Oltre (a) Further
    Dappertutto Everywhere Qui, qua Here
    Dentro (a) Inside Quaggiu Down here
    Dietro (a/di) Behind Quassu Up here
    Fuori (a/di) Outside Sopra (a) Above
    Laggiu Down there Sotto (a) Beneath
    Lassu Up there

    3. Unstressed adverbs of place: ci (here / there), ne (from here / from there).


    C’e, ci sono – there is / there are
    Ci vado, ci vengo – I go there / I come here
    Me ne vado – I’m going away; Andatavene – Go away
    4. Interrogative adverbs

    Italian English Examples


    Come? How? Come stai, Dario? How are you Dario?
    Come mai? How come? Dove vai in vacanza? Where are you going on holiday?
    Dove? Where? Perche vuoi sapere quest’informazione? Why do you want to know this
    Perche? Why? information?
    Quando? When? Dimmi quando vieni a Firenze. Tell me when are you coming to Florence.
    Quanto? How much? Quanto resti in Italia? How long are you staying in Italy?

    5. Negative adverbs: mai (never), neanche (neither), neppure (not even), Non. Examples: Non vado
    mai al cinema – I never go to the cinema; non mi ha telefonato neppure sabato sera – He didn’t
    even call me on Saturday evening.
    6. Adverbs of quantity. All of these are also used as adjectives and pronouns. When used as adjectives
    or pronouns, they agree in gender and number with the noun that they qualify or refer to.

    Italian English Examples


    Molto Very Giorgio lavora poco. Giorgio doesn’t work much.
    Parecchio Quite a lot of Sua moglie studa tanto. His wife studies a lot.
    Poco Little bit Carla e molto stanca. Carla is very tired.
    Tanto So much Sono troppo stanca per uscire. I am too tired to go out.
    Troppo Too Mi pagavano troppo poco. They paid me too little.
    Tutto Everything, all

    7. Adverbs of manner (indicating how something is or was done)


    - adverbs ending in -mente:
    * for adjectives in the first group with -o, -a, -i, e endings, the suffix -mente is added to the feminine
    singular form (ending in -a): lento -> lentamente (slowly), attento -> attentamente (carefully)
    * for adjectives in the second group with -e, -i endings – mente is added to the singular form:
    semplice -> semplicemente (simply), veloce -> velocemente (quickly)
    * with adjectives ending in -le and -re, the -e is dropped before edding -mente: facile -> facilmente
    (easily), particolare -> particolarmente (particularly)

    - adverbs ending in -oni. This group refers to movements or positions of the body. -Oni is added to
    the base of a verb form: ciondolare -> ciondoloni (with arms dangling, like an ape)

    - all the adverbs that use the masculine singular adjective form: certo, chiaro, diritto …
    - additional adverbs: bene (well), male (badly), volentieri (willingly)
    8. Adverbs affirming or denying.

    Affirming or backing up a statement


    Appunto Exactly Senza dubbio Without doubt
    Certo Certainly Sicuro Surely, certainly
    Certamente Certainly Sicuramente Surely, certainly
    Proprio Exactly, precisely, really
    Adding doubt to a statement
    Eventualmente If it were to happen Probabilmente Probably
    Forse Perhaps Quasi Almost
    Possibilmente Possibly
    9. Comparative and superlative adverbs.
    - comparative: piu (more), and meno (less).
    Applies to the adverbs of manner
    Mario guidava molto piu velocemente di me – Mario drove much faster than me
    Gli inglesi cucinano meno bene degli italiani – The English cook less well than the Italians.
    Or the adverbs if time and frequency such as: presto, spesso, tardi
    Io mi alzo molto piu presto di te – I get up much earlier than you
    Noi arriveremo piu tardi di voi – We will arrive later than you

    - ‘the same as, as much as’ is expressed by using ‘quanto’ or ‘come’ to introduce the second
    element of the comparison. The use of tanto or cosi before the adverb is optional
    Mario guida (tanto) velocemente quanto suo fratello – Mario drived just as fast as his brother
    A casa vostra mangiamo (cosi) bene come al ristorante – At your house we eat as well as we do at
    the restaurant.

    - Superlative. The superlative form (e.g. ‘the most elegantly’) is similar to comparative form, but
    with addition of ‘di tutti’.
    Mario guidava piu velovemente di tutti – Mario drove faster than everyone

    - When no comparison is being made, the concept of ‘extremely’ can be expressed by the -issimo
    form. It is more acceptable for the short, simple adverbs, and less commonly for the forms ending
    in -mente: presto -> prestissimo (very early), tardi -> tardissimo (very late), forte -> fortissimamente
    (very strongly), sicuramente -> sicurissimamente (very surely)

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