14 February 2010

Grammar: Adverbs


Adverbs of Time, Frequency, Quantity, Intensity



Adverbs of time: Wann?
heute => today
gerade => right now
gestern => yesterday
ehemalig => former
morgen => tomorrow
eben => just now
gleich => in a minute
kürzlich => recently
sofort => immediately
schließlich => finally
schon => already
endlich => at last
erst => only (since)
zuletzt => in the end
seit => since
bisher => up until now
neulich => the other day
damals => back then
früher => back in the day
zukünftig => future

In sentences with more than one time expression, the more general time expression comes before the more specific one.


Adverbs of frequency: Wie oft?

manchmal => sometimes
regelmäßig => regularly
oft => often
fast nie => almost never
häufig => frequently
mehrmals => repeatedly
ab und zu => every once in a while
kontinuierlich => continuously
immer => always
stets => always
ständig => permanently
niemals => never, ever
selten => seldom
einmal => one time
nie => never
unregelmäßig => irregularly
wieder => again
schon wieder => yet again

Adverbs of quantity: Wie viel?

viel => much
übermäßig => excessively
wenig => little
unmäßig => excessively
extrem => extremely
gar nicht => not at all






Adverbs of intensity: Wie sehr?

sehr => very
wahnsinnig => insanely, very
total => totally
unglaublich => incredibly
fast => almost
enorm => enormously
beinahe => nearly
fabelhaft => fabulously
wirklich => really
ungeheuer => unbelievably
überhaupt nicht => not at all
ein bisschen => a bit
ziemlich => quite



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