Galician Adverbs
Learning the Galician 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 Galician language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Galician.
Galician 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 Galician many adverbs are formed
from adjectives, simply by adding the suffix -mente to the singular feminine form of adjectives. Examples:
Lento (slow) becomes lentamente (slowly)
Perfecto (perfect) becomes perfectamente (perfectly)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature.
For example:
Agora (now), verdade (really), and pronto
(soon) are all Galician adverbs.
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Galician Adverbs |
| adverbs | adverbios |
| I read a book sometimes | Leo libros ás veces |
| I will never smoke | Nunca fumarei |
| are you alone? | Estás só? (or) está só? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Galician has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Galician.
List of Adverbs in Galician
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Galician placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Galician vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Galician Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | adverbios de tempo |
| yesterday | onte |
| today | hoxe |
| tomorrow | mañá |
| now | agora |
| then | entón |
| later | máis tarde |
| tonight | esta noite |
| right now | agora mesmo |
| last night | onte á noite |
| this morning | esta mañá |
| next week | próxima semana |
| already | xa |
| recently | recentemente |
| lately | ultimamente |
| soon | pronto |
| immediately | inmediatamente |
| still | aínda |
| yet | aínda |
| ago | atrás |
| |
| adverbs of place | adverbios de lugar |
| here | aquí |
| there | aló |
| over there | aló, alá |
| everywhere | en todas partes |
| anywhere | nalgures |
| nowhere | ningures |
| home | casa |
| away | lonxe |
| out | fóra |
| |
| adverbs of manner | adverbios de modo |
| very | moi |
| quite | dabondo |
| pretty | bonito |
| really | realmente |
| fast | rápido |
| well | ben |
| hard | duro |
| quickly | rapidamente |
| slowly | lentamente |
| carefully | coidadosamente |
| hardly | dificilmente |
| barely | escaso |
| mostly | principalmente |
| almost | case |
| absolutely | absolutamente |
| together | xuntos |
| alone | só |
| |
| adverbs of frequency | adverbios de frecuencia |
| always | sempre |
| frequently | de cotío |
| usually | xeralmente |
| sometimes | ás veces |
| occasionally | ocasionalmente |
| seldom | raro |
| rarely | raramente |
| never | nunca |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Galician, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Galician Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Galician lessons here: Learn Galician. Don't forget to bookmark this page.