adverbs ending in -mente  



Gramática
Spanish adverbs are often formed by adding
mente to an adjective.

If there is a difference between the masculine and
feminine form of the adjective, mente is added to the latter.

Making adverbs with adjectives Ending in - o

Adjective Feminine Form Adverb English
rápido rápida rápidamente rapidly
tranquilo tranquila tranquilamente peacefuly
sincero sincera sinceramente sincerely
último última últimamente lastly
perezoso perezosa perezosamente lazily
ligero ligera ligeramente lightly
necesario necesaria necesariamente necessarily

Making adverbs with adjectives Ending in - e

Adjective Adverb
alegre happy alegremente happily
diligente diligent diligentemente diligently
dulce sweet dulcemente sweetly
fuerte strong fuertemente strongly
brilliante brillant brillantemente brillantly
pobre poor pobremente poorly
triste sad tristemente sadly

Making Adverbs with Adjectives Ending in a Consonant

Adjective Adverb
cortés courteous cortésmente courteously
débil weak débilmente weakly
fácil easy fácilmente easily
feliz happy felizmente happily

Gramática
Adverbs written from adjectives with accent marks
keep the accent marks to maintain the same inflection.

Paco es débil. - Paco is weak.
Paco canta débilmente. - Paco sings weakly.

David es rápido. - David is quick.
David corre rápidamente. - David runs quickly.

Example Sentences
Rosa camina rápidamente. - Rosa walks quickly.
Juan caminó rápidamente. - Juan walked quickly.
Yo escribí lentamente. - I wrote slowly.
Yo como lentamente. - I eat slowly.
Yo escribo pobremente. - I write poorly.

El niño recibió el regalo alegremente. - The child received the gift gladly.
El niño come felizmente. - The child eats happily.
Nosotros hacemos compras fácilmente.- We shop easily.
Nosotros ayudamos diligentemente. - We help diligently.
Nosotros compramos leche de cabra últimamente. - We buy goat's milk lately.
Necesariamente, ella comió verduras . - Necessarily, she ate vegetables.

Tú cantaste dulcemente. - You sang sweetly.
Cantas fuertmente. - You sing strongly.
Tú descansaste tranquilamente. - You rested peacefully.
Ellos hablaron sinceramente. - They spoke sincerely.
Ellas conversaron cortésmente. - They conversed courteously

Notes for the Tutor

  • The student should repeat these simple sentences to practice vocabulary and improve pronunciation.
  • The tutor and student should make sentences together with material and vocabulary presented in this unit.
  • Suggested Homework:The student should make 5 sentences to practice forming adverbs.

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