Language/Esperanto/Grammar/Adverb

Adverbs in Esperanto

In this lesson, we'll talk about the adverb. An adverb can be compared to an adjective but instead of describing a noun it describes a verb. In other words, it tells "how" something happens.

An example: "The little boy runs quickly". Here we see "little" as an adjective, saying something about "boy", but we also see the word "quickly" saying something about the verb "runs".

How does the boy run? The boys runs quickly. "quickly" is called the adverb in this sentence because it tells us something about a verb.

Grammar rules in Esperanto

1. All nouns end in -O or -OJ if they're plural
2. All adjectives end in -A or -AJ if the noun is plural
3. All adverbs end in –E

Example

The big man writes beautifully.	(to write = skribi): La granda (adj.) viro (noun) skribas (verb) bele (adv.)
The boys cry loudly.	La knaboj (noun) laǔte (adv.) ploras (verb)
---(note that the adverb appears before the verb here, but that's just a matter of choice, it could also be put after the verb)
The child sleeps well.	La infano dormas bone

Sources

https://unilang.org/course.php?res=64

Related Lessons

• ADVERBS
• Past Participle in Esperanto
• Interrogation
• Pronouns
• Possessive Case in Esperanto
• Possesive Adjectives
• THE PARTICIPLES
• Word Order
• Conditional Mood
• THE NEGATIVE