When you go beyond the examples in the previous post, adverbs in Latin can be formed in many different ways.
[i] As in English, it can be a single word which has not been formed from an adjective. Furthermore, the adverbs do not necessarily describe how an action was performed e.g. quickly or slowly, but rather, for example, when or where or how often or for how long it was performed i.e. it describes the circumstances surrounding the action.
Below are examples of single word
adverbs according to their type:
duration
diū: for a long time
frequency
cōtīdiē: every day
numquam: never
saepe: often
semper: always
place
hīc: here
ibi: there
nusquam: nowhere
ubīque: everywhere
sequence
posteā: afterwards
tandem: finally
tum: then
time
crās: tomorrow
herī: yesterday
hodiē: today
mox: soon
It isn’t necessary to categorise the adverbs as has been done above because they’re not grouped according to endings or other changes. However, it’s a useful means of managing them in the same way that vocabulary can be grouped according to specific topics.
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