Grammar Questions
What do many English adverbs end in? BONUS: Give examples!
-ly (quickly, slowly, angrily, lazily, etc)
iratus, irata (angry)
iratē (angrily)
brevis, breve (brief, short)
breviter (briefly, shortly)
laetē (happily)
laetus, laeta (happy)
not
non
Adverbs can be used to describe three parts of speech. List two!
adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs
ignavus, ignava (lazy)
ignavē (lazily)
immobilis, immobile (motionless)
immobiliter (motionlessly)
placidē (peacefully)
placidus, placida (happy)
Define 2: heri, hodie, cras
heri = yesterday, hodie = today, cras = tomorrow
What three types of adverbs are there?
Adverbs that describe 1) TIME, 2) PLACE, and 3) MANNER
fatuus, fatua (stupid)
fatuē (stupidly)
felix, felicis (happy)
feliciter (happily)
ferociter (fiercely)
ferox, ferocis (fierce)
Define 3: identidem, interea, iterum, ibi, non iam
identidem = again and again
interea = meanwhile
iterum = again
ibi = there
non iam = no longer, not anymore
Do all Latin adverbs end in – ē or –iter? Give an example to prove your point.
Only adverbs built from adjectives have those endings. There are many others like non, cras, statim that will have other endings.
strenuus, strenua (active)
strenuē (actively, hard)
fortis, fortis (strong, brave)
fortiter (bravely)
celeriter (quickly)
celer (quick, fast)
always & often
always = semper
often = saepe
What two adjectives have irregular adverb forms?
bonus (bene) and magnus (magnopere)
bonus, bona (good)
bene (well)
audax, audacis (brave, bold)
audaciter (boldly)
magnopere (greatly)
magnus, magna (great, big, loud)
soon, suddenly, now
soon = mox
suddenly = subito
now = iam OR nunc