3.9 Adverbs
3.9.1 Form
Derived adverbs are formed by adding the ending
e to the stem.
E.g.:
bone – well,
kuŝe – lying,
facile – easily,
rapide – fast, quickly,
ekzakte – exactly,
blue – bluely,
sabate – on Saturday,
nokte – in the night,
skribe – in writing
Many of
them are derived from prepositions:
antataŭ – before
◊
antataŭe –
ahead
apud – beside
◊ apude
– nearby (adv.)
dum –
during ◊
dume – in the
meantime
ekster – outside
of ◊
ekstere –
outside
kontraŭ –
against ◊
kontraŭe – vice versa,
conversely
kun – with
◊ kune
– together
post –
after ◊
poste –
afterward
sub – under
◊ sube
– down
super –
above ◊
supere – above (adv.).
Many of the adverbs are not derived, so called primitive.
EG: nun – now,
jam – already,
ĉi – near to me,
ankoraŭ – still,
baldaŭ – soon,
hodiaŭ – today,
tuj – immediately,
plu – more,
tre – very,
ankaŭ – also,
do – thus,
nur – only
Some adverbs are part of the system of so called correlatives (see
chapter
3.6)
3.9.2 Comparison
Comparison of adverbs is done analytically. Comparative is formed by
pli + positive, superlative by
plej + positive.
|
positive
|
bone
|
well
|
|
comparative
|
pli bone
|
better
|
|
superlative
|
plej bone
|
best
|
Mi faras tiel bone kiel vi. –
I work as good as you.
Mi faras pli bone kiel
vi. – I work better than you
do.
Mi faras plej bone el ni. –
I work best from us.
It is also possible to compare in opposite
direction using prefix mal – then
comparative is formed by malpli + positive,
superlative by malplej + positive. It is
equivalent to put prefix to the adverb
pli/plej and
to the compared adverb.
|
positive
|
bone
|
well
|
|
comparative
|
malpli bone
|
less well
|
|
superlative
|
malplej bone
|
the least well
|
Vi estas malpli bela ol ŝi. =
Vi estas pli malbela ol ŝi. –
You
are uglier than she is.Vi estas malplej bela ol
ni. =
Vi estas plej malbela ol ni.
–
You are the ugliest from us.Adjectives compare the same way
(see
3.4.2)
3.9.3 Inflection
Adverbs of place can form accusative to mark the
direction.
hejme – at home
(place): Mi estas hejme. – I am
home.
hejmen – at
home (direction): Mi iras hejmen. –
I go home.
kie – where
(place): Kie vi estas? – Where are
you?
kien – where
(direction): Kien vi kuras? –
Where do you run?