Spanish adverbs / includes some flashcards

Question

Adverbs are words that describe, or modify, verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.

(1) Add -mente to the feminine singular form of an adjective. Most Spanish adverbs are formed by adding -mente to the feminine singular form of the Spanish adjective. This ending corresponds to -ly in English.

English Adjective	English Adverb	Spanish Adjective(m)	Spanish Adverb
happy	happily	alegre	alegremente
brief	briefly	breve	brevemente
clear	clearly	claro	claramente
constant	constantly	constante	constantemente
fierce	ferociously	feroz	ferozmente
frequent	frequently	frecuente	frecuentemente
boastful	boastfully	jactancioso	jactanciosamente
perfect	perfectly	perfecto	perfectamente

(2) Use con with the noun. Sometimes, forming an adverb in Spanish by using the feminine singular form of the adjective is just plain awkward. When writing, you may find the spelling tricky. And at other times, you may not recall the feminine form of the adjective. Luckily, you have an easy way out. You can use the preposition con (with) + the noun to form an adverbial phrase, which functions in the same way as an adverb.

English Meaning	Con + Spanish Noun
happily	con alegría
clearly	con claridad
courteously	con cortesía
energetically	con energía
skillfully	con habilidad
patiently	con paciencia
quickly	con rapidez
respectfully	con respeto

(3) Memorize simple adverb phrases. Some adverbs and adverbial expressions aren’t formed from adjectives; they’re words or phrases in and of themselves.

Adverbs beginning with "A"

Adverbs beginning with "B - F"

Adverbs beginning with "H - M"

Adverbs beginning with "N - Y"

Worth bumping mate it is excellent.Thanks for the hard word I know all about that . - ray76, Jan 15, 2015

Answer 1

Oh, thank you, Bandit! I'm looking forward to doing the flashcards. Adverbs (and adjectives) are always so useful - they colorize a sentence!

I just noticed the audio for the flashcards is backwards on "A". It's saying the English words with a Spanish accent. - Findy, Jan 14, 2015

Yep, I tried listening to the words in the list and they are all reversed too. The Spanish words are pronounced with a terrible English accent. lol - Findy, Jan 14, 2015

Well, darn! Sorry, Findy! - bandit51jd, Jan 15, 2015

Answer 2

Thanks Bandit. This is very helpful.

Gracias, Annie!! The information about "con + noun" was new for me. I mean I new to use it with words, but I never really identified some of them as adverbs. - bandit51jd, Jan 11, 2015

Answer 3

Please, please do not take this as a critisism! We all have our own individual learning styles and for some people Flashcards really hit the mark. A lot of work has obviously gone into creating these Flashcards and for many people they will be extremely useful.

For me personally, though, Flashcards just do not work. I have to learn in context otherwise 1. it just gets confusing and 2. I don't retain the vocabulary. For example, there are many different ways (depending on context and the exact meaning of what you are trying to express) to say things like.....'as soon as', 'so', 'therefore', 'even' etc.

I prefer to pick up vocabularly by reading in Spanish. Over time, you just subconciously become aware of words/phrases that are used over and over. When I see a common word/phrase, if I don't understand it, I look it up. It then stays in my memory.

As I said, don't get me wrong, each of us have our own individual learning style and I think it is important that we take some time out to examine what that may be. For many people, I'm sure, Flashcards are great; for me, I just find them too artificial.