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Aovenes
Adverbs with irregular comparatives and superlatives
D A few German adverbs have
i
rregular comparative and su perlative forms. Superlative
Meaning
better
am liebsten
Dest
soonesr
most
Adverb
Meaning
Comparative Meaning
gern
well
lieber
bald
soon
eher
sooner
am ehesten
viel
much. a lot
mehr
more
am meisten
Am liebsten lese ich Kriminalromane. sie hat am meisten gewonnen.
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Word orderwith adverbs
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In English, adverbs can come in different places in a sentence.
l'm never coming back. you soon!
See
Suddenlv the phone rang. I'd reallv like
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like detective stories best won the most.
This is also true of adverbs in German, but as a general rule they are placed close to the word to which thev refer.
o
She
y' y' y' y'
Points Comparatives of adverbs are formed in the same way as comparatives of adjectives, add ing -er to the basic form. To compare people
orthings, you
use so ...
Adverbs of time often come first in the sentence, but this is not fixed.
Morgen gehen wir ins Theater OR: Wir gehen moroen ins Theater.
KeY
y'
to come.
We're going to the
theatre
tomorrow.
o
Adverbsofplacecan be putatthe beginning ofasentenceto provide emphasis.
wie, ebenso ... wie or nicht
so... wie.
Dort haben sie FuBball gespielt OR:
thon i n com paratives of adverbs corresponds to als.
Sie haben
Superlatives ofadverbs are formed by using theformula am' odverb + -sten/-esten. Unlike adjectives, adverbs do not change theirform to agreewith the
o
verb, adjective or other adverb they relate to.
dort FuBball
gespielt
Adverbs of man ner are adverbs wh ich com ment on verbs. These are I i kely to come after the verb to which they refer, but in tenses which are made up of haben or sein + the past participle of the main verb, they come immediately before the past participle 5ie spielen qut. Sie haben heute
t
)
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They played football there.
They play well.
qut gespielt.
They played welltoday.
Du benimmst dich immer schlecht.
You always behave lradly.
Du hastdich schlecht benommen.
You have behaved badly.
For more
informotion on Formingthe post participle,
see
plge n4.
Where there is more than one adverb in a sentence. it's useful to rememberthe following rule:
"time, mannel place"
Wir haben qestern gu! dorthin
We found ourway there al
gefunden.
right yesterday.
gestern = adverb of time gut = adverb ofmanner
dorthin
For
further explanation ofgrammatical terms, please
see Pages
x'xiv.
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adverb ofplace