Finnish Adverbs
Learning the Finnish 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 Finnish language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Finnish.
Finnish 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. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Finnish Adverbs |
| adverbs | adverbit |
| I read a book sometimes | luen joskus kirjaa |
| I will never smoke | en tule koskaan tupakoimaan |
| are you alone? | oletko yksin? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Finnish has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Suomi.
List of Adverbs in Finnish
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Finnish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Finnish vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Finnish Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | ajan adverbit |
| yesterday | eilen |
| today | tänään |
| tomorrow | huomenna |
| now | nyt |
| then | sitten |
| later | myöhemmin |
| tonight | tänä iltana |
| right now | juuri nyt |
| last night | viime yönä |
| this morning | tänä aamuna |
| next week | ensi viikolla |
| already | jo |
| recently | äskettäin |
| lately | viime aikoina |
| soon | pian |
| immediately | heti |
| still | edelleen |
| yet | vielä |
| ago | sitten |
| adverbs of place | paikan adverbit |
| here | täällä |
| there | siellä |
| over there | tuolla |
| everywhere | kaikkialla |
| anywhere | missä vaan |
| nowhere | ei missään |
| home | kotona |
| away | poissa |
| out | ulkona |
| adverbs of manner | tavan adverbit |
| very | oikein |
| quite | melko |
| pretty | aika |
| really | todella |
| fast | nopeasti |
| well | hyvin |
| hard | kovasti |
| quickly | nopeasti |
| slowly | hitaasti |
| carefully | huolellisesti |
| hardly | tuskin |
| barely | tuskin |
| mostly | enimmäkseen |
| almost | melkein |
| absolutely | täysin |
| together | yhdessä |
| alone | yksin |
| adverbs of frequency | taajuuden adverbit |
| always | aina |
| frequently | usein |
| usually | yleensä |
| sometimes | joskus |
| occasionally | silloin tällöin |
| seldom | harvoin |
| rarely | harvoin |
| never | ei koskaan |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Finnish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Suomi Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Finnish lessons here: Learn Finnish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.