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Adverbs An adverb explains a verb or an adjective:
Most adverbs are made of adjectives. Such adverbs can either have the ending -ai or -iai. Unlike adjectives or nouns, adverbs don't have cases or whatsoever. -ai adverbs These adverbs are formed from adjectives of the first declension which have the endings -as, -a. For example, geras, gera (good) can be made into an adverb gerai (well). Džiaugsmingas, džiaugsminga (glad) can be made into džiaugsmingai (gladly). -iai adverbs These are made from the first declension's adjectives with the ending -ias, -ia. For example, šlapias, šlapia (wet) can be made into šlapiai ('wetly'). Moreover, adjectives of the second declension ending in -us, -i are also formed into an -iai adverb. For example, platus, plati (wide) is formed into plačiai (widely).
Remember that you can't form adverbs from adjectives of the third declension (which often end in -inis). You can compare adverbs just like adjectives. See adverb comparison or revise adjective comparison. Besides -ai and -iai adverbs, there are a lot of other adverbs, which do not end in -ai or -iai. Good examples are the following: kitaip (otherwise), arti (near), etc. Sorts of Adverbs According to meaning, adverbs can be divided into these five sorts: Temper adverbs: gražiai (nicely), staiga (suddenly), kitaip (otherwise).
Let's see how all the previous adverbs act in sentences. Kaip gražiai jie atrodo! How pretty they look!
Quantity Adverb Previously mentioned 'dviese' is a quantity adverb. English doens't have an equivalent for quantity adverbs. They can be described as adverbs, designating that an action is being done by two people (dviese), three people (trise) or more. The highest number of subjects is 9 (devyniese). Of course, the subjects can be anything else, not just people. Let's see them in sentences. Dviese ėjom pas direktorių. We two (two of us) went to the manager.
You may now want to see adverb comparison. |
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