Catalan Adverbs
Learning the Catalan Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Catalan language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Catalan.
Catalan adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs.
Grammar Tips:
While in English adverbs are usually formed
by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Catalan many adverbs are formed
from adjectives, simply by adding the suffix -ment to the singular feminine form of adjectives. Examples:
Lent (slow) becomes lentament (slowly).
Perfecte (perfect) becomes perfectament (perfectly).
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature.
For example:
Ara (now), prou (enough), and aviat (soon)
are all Catalan adverbs.
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Catalan Adverbs |
| adverbs | adverbis |
| I read a book sometimes | Llegia un llibre de vegades |
| I will never smoke | Mai fumaré |
| are you alone? | Estàs sol? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Catalan has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Català.
List of Adverbs in Catalan
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Catalan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Catalan vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Catalan Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | adverbis de temps |
| yesterday | ahir |
| today | avui |
| tomorrow | demà |
| now | ara |
| then | llavors |
| later | més tard |
| tonight | aquesta nit |
| right now | ara mateix |
| last night | ahir a la nit |
| this morning | aquest matí |
| next week | la setmana que ve |
| already | ja |
| recently | recentment |
| lately | darrerament |
| soon | aviat |
| immediately | immediatament |
| still | encara |
| yet | encara |
| ago | fa |
| |
| adverbs of place | adverbis de lloc |
| here | aquí |
| there | allà |
| over there | per allà |
| everywhere | a tot arreu |
| anywhere | qualsevol lloc |
| nowhere | enlloc |
| home | casa |
| away | lluny |
| out | fora |
| |
| adverbs of manner | adverbis de manera |
| very | molt |
| quite | bastant |
| pretty | bastant |
| really | realment |
| fast | ràpid |
| well | bé |
| hard | dur |
| quickly | ràpidament |
| slowly | a poc a poc |
| carefully | acuradament |
| hardly | a penes |
| barely | a penes |
| mostly | gairabé del tot / principalment |
| almost | gairebé |
| absolutely | absolutament |
| together | junts |
| alone | només |
| |
| adverbs of frequency | adverbis de freqüència |
| always | sempre |
| frequently | sovint |
| usually | habitualment / generalment / normalment |
| sometimes | de vegades |
| occasionally | de tant en tant |
| seldom | rarament |
| rarely | poques vegades |
| never | mai |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Catalan, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Català Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Catalan lessons here: Learn Catalan. Don't forget to bookmark this page.