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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
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- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
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- Adverb
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
The adverb
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Words, like the following, are called adverbs.
schon, noch, meistens, genug, jetzt, innen, hier, dort, damals, halbwegs, gerne, einst, drittens
They describe the circumstances under which an action takes place.
Adverbs can be used as:
Examples | |
adverbial modifiers |
Sie hat mich nie besucht. |
modifiers to a noun |
Der Mann dort ist mein Vater. |
modifiers to an adjective |
Sie lernt besonders schnell. |
modifiers to an adverb |
Sie hilft mir sehr gerne. |
predicative expressions |
Das Leben in einer Großstadt ist anders. |
Adverbs are not inflected. They also do not have a comparative and superlative form – apart from some exceptions.
Adverbs are categorized, according to their meaning, in various groups.
meaning | Examples |
time |
heute, vorher, damals, danach usw. |
cause |
deshalb, dennoch, darum, trotzdem usw. |
manner | sehr, gerne, sofort, anders usw. |
place |
dort, hier, da, dorthin usw. |