Lesson 23

Adverbs
Oct. 1-8, 2014

Adverbs
Adverbs modify verbs (and other words).
Adverbs answer the question how?
She sings beautifully. (How does she
sing? Beautifully!)
He runs quickly. (How does he run?
Quickly!)

How To Make-Ur-Own
Homemade Adverbs
Step one: find an adjective.
(Those are the us,-a,-um words)
latus, lata, latum: wide

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(cont.)

Step 2: Drop the feminine a ending.

(The feminine form is the middle a
form)
latus, lata, latum

LATA

LATA

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(cont.)
Step 3: Add an e to your stem. (In
other words, youre replacing the a
with an e.)

LAT-

+ -E

LATE

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(cont.)
Step 4: Translate your adverb into
English by adding an ly.

LATE:

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WIDELY

LY

Voila! Adverbs!
So, the adjective latus, -a, -um: wide
becomes the adverb late: widely.
Your turn!
Make the following adjectives into
adverbs, Latin and English.

You Can Do It!

tardus, tarda, tardum: slow

TARDE: SLOWLY
liber, libera, liberum: free
LIBERE: FREELY
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum: beautiful
PULCHRE: BEAUTIFULLY
verus, vera, verum: true
VERE: TRULY