Basque Adverbs (original) (raw)
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Basque Adverbs
Learning the Basque Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Basque language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Basque Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | adberbioak |
| I read a book sometimes | batzutan, liburu bat irakurtzen dut |
| I will never smoke | ez dut sekula erreko |
| are you alone? | bakarrik al zaude? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Basque.
List of Adverbs in Basque
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Basque Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | denbora adberbioak |
| yesterday | atzo |
| today | gaur |
| tomorrow | bihar |
| now | orain |
| then | ondoren |
| later | geroago |
| tonight | gabaz |
| right now | oraintxe bertan |
| last night | Atzo gauean |
| this morning | gaur goizean |
| next week | datorren astean |
| already | dagoeneko |
| recently | duela gutxi |
| lately | Azkenaldian |
| soon | laster |
| immediately | berehala |
| still | oraindik |
| yet | oraindik |
| ago | duela |
| adverbs of place | Leku-adberbioak |
| here | hemen |
| there | hor |
| over there | han |
| everywhere | nonahi |
| anywhere | edozein lekutan |
| nowhere | inon ere ez |
| home | egoitza, etxebizitza |
| away | urrun |
| out | kanpoan |
| adverbs of manner | forma adberbioak |
| very | oso |
| quite | nahiko |
| pretty | nahiko |
| really | benetan |
| fast | azkarra |
| well | ondo |
| hard | gogorra |
| quickly | azkar |
| slowly | poliki-poliki |
| carefully | arretaz |
| hardly | ia |
| barely | ia |
| mostly | batez ere |
| almost | ia |
| absolutely | erabat |
| together | batera |
| alone | bakarrik |
| adverbs of frequency | maiztasun adberbioak |
| always | beti |
| frequently | maiz |
| usually | ohi |
| sometimes | batzuetan |
| occasionally | Noizean behin |
| seldom | Gutxitan |
| rarely | oso gutxitan |
| never | inoiz ez |
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