Flemish Adverbs
Learning the Flemish Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Flemish language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Flemish.
Flemish 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 | Flemish Adverbs |
| adverbs | bijwoorden |
| I read a book sometimes | Ik lees soms een boek |
| I will never smoke | Ik zal nooit roken |
| are you alone? | Ben je alleen?/Zijt ge alleen? [latter in spoken language] |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Flemish has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Flemish.
List of Adverbs in Flemish
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Flemish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Flemish vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Flemish Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | bijwoorden van tijd |
| yesterday | gisteren |
| today | vandaag |
| tomorrow | morgen |
| now | nu |
| then | dan |
| later | later |
| tonight | vanavond/deze avond |
| right now | nu |
| last night | gisteren avond |
| this morning | vanmorgen/deze morgen |
| next week | volgende week |
| already | al |
| recently | recent |
| lately | de laatste tijd |
| soon | straks/binnenkort [former is a much shorter period of time] |
| immediately | onmiddellijk |
| still | nog |
| yet | al/nog niet [former for questions, latter for negatives] |
| ago | geleden |
| adverbs of place | bijwoorden van plaats |
| here | hier |
| there | daar |
| over there | daar |
| everywhere | overal |
| anywhere | ergens |
| nowhere | nergens |
| home | thuis |
| away | weg |
| out | uit |
| adverbs of manner | bijwoorden van gradatie |
| very | heel |
| quite | nogal/vrij |
| pretty | nogal/vrij |
| really | echt |
| fast | snel |
| well | goed |
| hard | moeilijk |
| quickly | snel |
| slowly | langzaam/traag |
| carefully | voorzichtig |
| hardly | nauwelijks/bijna niet |
| barely | nauwelijks/bijna niet |
| mostly | meestal |
| almost | bijna |
| absolutely | absoluut/zeker |
| together | samen |
| alone | alleen |
| adverbs of frequency | bijwoorden van frequentie |
| always | altijd |
| frequently | regelmatig/vaak/dikwijls |
| usually | normaal [gezien] |
| sometimes | soms |
| occasionally | soms |
| seldom | zelden |
| rarely | zelden |
| never | nooit |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Flemish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Flemish Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Flemish lessons here: Learn Flemish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.