Bulgarian adverbs
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Sign up for freeThe role of the adverbs is to qualify verbs. However, they also qualify nouns, adjectives or other adverbs. In addition, adverbs do not change in number and person.
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Hide1. How to form adverbs
Adverbs are formed from adjectives, by adding the ending -O. Another less frequently ending is -E. Sometimes the adjectives are the same as the neuter gender form of the adjectives.
| Adjective | Adverb | |
|---|---|---|
| бърз | +о | бързо |
| слаб | +о | слабо |
| добър | +е | добре |
See this transformation in the example sentences:
| Adjective | Adverb |
|---|---|
| Иван е много бърз спортист. | Иван тича бързо. |
| Иван е добър ученик. | Иван се учи добре. |
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2. Types of adverbs
There are different types of adverbs. There role is to make our speech richer and more precise.
Adverbs of place
| Adverb | English translation |
|---|---|
| високо | high |
| вън | outside |
| вътре | inside |
| горе | up |
| далече | far away |
| долу | down |
| наблизо | nearby |
| нагоре | upward |
| надясно | to the right |
| назад | backwards |
| наляво | to the left |
| направо | streight on |
| напред | forward |
| никъде | nowhere |
| ниско | low |
| там | there |
| тук | here |
Adverbs of time
| Adverb | English translation |
|---|---|
| винаги | always |
| вчера | yesteday |
| днес | today |
| довечера | tonight |
| досега | do far |
| довечера | tonight |
| късно | late |
| никога | never |
| някога | some time |
| преди | before |
| рано | early |
| сега | now |
| снощи | last night |
Adverbs of manner
| Adverb | English translation |
|---|---|
| бавно | slowly |
| бързо | quickly |
| добре | well |
| зле | badly |
| иначе | otherwise |
| приятно | pleasantly |
| слабо | slightly |
Adverbs of comment
| Adverb | English translation |
|---|---|
| вероятно | probably |
| всъщност | in fact |
| главно | mainly |
| действително | actually |
| именно | precisely |
| като че ли | as if |
| наистина | really |
| несъмнено | undoubtly |
| особено | particularly |
3. Position of the adverbs in the sentence
Adverbs are pretty flexible when it comes to sentence structure. There are no rules!
| Никога не съм била в България. | I have never been in Bulgaria. |
| Не съм била никога в България. | I have never been in Bulgaria. |
| Не съм била в България никога. | I have never been in Bulgaria. |