Learn Spanish: Master Los Adverbios (Adverbs) - Spanish Grammar Course

advers adverbs. In this lesson, we will be talking about adverbs or words that describe verbs. In English, we can identify an adverb by noticing words that end in ly. So, for example, words like slowly, quickly, or rapidly would all describe an action that is taking place. Similarly, in Spanish, adverbs can also be identified in three different ways. In Spanish, adverbs can be identified by their endings of me. Examples of this can be words like lente, rapid or brement. They can also be identified when the pair of con and a noun are used to describe a verb. Lastly, there are also some adverbs that are just irregular phrases that modify a verb. We will go over these later. Let's take a look at each of these three categories a bit closer. If we wanted to create an adverb or modify an adjective to describe a verb, we can take the feminine form of the adjective and add me on the end. So for example, if we took our familiar adjective of serio, we could convert it to an adverb by using its feminine form of seria and then adding mente to the end of it to form the adverb serment. This would directly translate to seriously. Let's take a look at some other examples of adverbs that end in me. Feel free to repeat after me. Completely is complete. Slowly is lente. Rapidly is rapid. Frequently is frequent. especially is especi which means with. So for example, if I wanted to describe a verb by saying respectfully, I would take the preposition and add the noun of respect to it, which is respectto in Spanish. Respectto directly translates as with respect, but can also be thought of as respectfully. Let's look at some other adverbs that use this formula of plus a noun to describe a verb. Feel free to repeat after me. Energetically is happily. Patiently is compassia. Clearly is skillfully isabad. Lastly, some Spanish adverbs are merely just phrases to memorize. Let's walk through a few of these. Let's walk through a few examples of the most commonly used adverbs. and define their meaning. Sometimes is avasis. Almost is cassi. Slowly is despacio. Always is. Late is tarde. Little is poco. To review, adverbs in Spanish can end in me can be identified when you see con plus a noun in a sentence and it is used to describe a verb or it can be identified as the irregular phrases that we just went over. So far, we have both found ways to describe verbs by identifying how to modify an adjective or noun, learned ways to identify adverbs, and also saw some examples of adverbs. So, now let's take a look at some rules for how to use adverbs in sentences. One nice thing about adverbs is that because they do not modify a noun, we do not need to worry about making them agree with the subject in gender or number since they merely describe a verb. Additionally, they are almost always located either before or after the verb they are modifying. All right. Now that we have learned how to use nouns and adjectives to describe verbs and create adverbs, let's put some of these examples we have learned to practice in an activity. In this activity, we will need to form sentences using the adverbs we have just learned. A sentence in English will flash up on the screen and you will be asked to translate it using our new adverbs. you will know to place the adverb either before or after the verb depending on how it is placed in the sentence in English. So for example, if the adverb comes before the verb in the English sentence, it will also come before the verb in your Spanish translation. Make sense? Feel free to pause the video at any point in time if you feel the answers are being revealed too quickly. Otherwise, let's get started. Translate the sentence, the dog ate slowly. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence. He almost bought a house. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence. She reads slowly. If you saidio, you are correct. Translate the sentence. They always play. If you said you are correct. Translate this sentence. We write clearly. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence. She runs sometimes. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence, the rabbits live happily. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence. She sang with energy. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence. He arrived late. If you said elo, you are correct. Translate the sentence. The elephant walked rapidly. If you said elephant, you are correct. Translate the sentence, my cousin travels frequently. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence, she learns with patience. If you said, you are correct. Translate the sentence. You play guitar skillfully. If you said, you are correct. Good work. You have now completed this activity. If you did not get all the answers correct, don't be discouraged. Not only were we trying to use our new adverbs that we have learned and apply our grammar rules, we were also trying to figure out in each sentence whether we should have used the prediate or present tense of a verb. This is a lot of things to think about all at once. Let's keep moving forward and don't get discouraged.