Language/Standard-estonian/Grammar/Adverbs

How to form adverbs in Estonian

While in English adverbs are usually formed by adding -ly to adjectives.

In Estonian many adverbs are formed from adjectives, simply by using the ablative case of the adjective.

Examples

• Aeglane (slow) ➡ becomes aeglaselt (slowly)
• Kaunis (beautiful) ➡ becomes kaunilt (beautifully)

Exceptions

However it's not always the case.

Some words are adverbs by nature.

Examples:

• Nüüd (now)
• tõesti (really)
• varsti (soon)

Sources

• http://mylanguages.org/estonian_adverbs.php