Adverbs
I. Intro
At this point we’ve learned a lot of different nouns, adjectives, and verbs - 3 tenses to be exact! ¡Bravo! Today we’re going to take on a 4th group of words: Adverbs. Do you remember what an adverb is? Adverbs tell us how, where, when, why, how much or how often something happens. Let’s get back to the basics and build our way up to understanding these important words.II. Review: Partes de la oración
Part of Speech | Parte de la oración | Función | Ejemplo |
Noun | Sustantivo (nombre) | Persona, lugar, cosa, idea | Profesor, universidad, calendario, libertad |
Verb | Verbo | Acción, estado, condición | Comunicar, comprender, escribir, ser/estar |
Adjective | Adjetivo | Describe un sustantivo | Contento, triste, grande, pequeño |
Adverb | Adverbio | Describe un verbo, un adjetivo, u otro adverbio | Correctamente, muy, bien, mal |
To sum up, nouns are people, places, things, and ideas. Verbs describe what nouns do. Adjectives describe the nouns. Adverbs describe the verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs - they talk about how, where, when, or to what extent something happens.