Adverbs

ተውሳከ ግሦች (adverbs)

ተውሳከ ግሦች እንዴት፣ ምን ያህል ጊዜ፣ ምን ያህል፣ መቼና የት እንደሆነ ይነግራሉ። አብዛኞቹ የአኳኋን ተውሳኮች በ -ly ያልቃሉ፤ የድግግሞሽ ተውሳኮች ከዋናው ግሥ በፊት ይገባሉ፤ very, too እና enough የቅጽሉን ጥንካሬ ይቀይራሉ።

የአኳኋን ተውሳኮች፦ እንዴት?

የአኳኋን ተውሳኮች አንድ ነገር እንዴት እንደሚሠራ ይናገራሉ። አብዛኞቹ ቅጽል + -ly ናቸው፦ slow → slowly, careful → carefully, easy → easily። ብዙ ጊዜ ከግሡ በኋላ፣ ተሳቢ ካለ ደግሞ ከተሳቢው በኋላ ይገባሉ፦ She speaks English well። He drives his car carefully። በግሡና በተሳቢው መካከል አያስገቧቸው።

Adjective	Adverb	Example
quick	quickly	She answered quickly.
careful	carefully	Read the lease carefully.
easy	easily	You can easily get there by bus.
good	well	He cooks well.
fast	fast	Don't drive so fast.
hard	hard	They work hard. (hardly = almost not)
late	late	The bus came late. (lately = recently)

good ቅጽል ነው፣ well ተውሳኩ ነው፦ a good driver, she drives well።
በ -ly የሚያልቁ አንዳንድ ቃላት ቅጽሎች ናቸው፦ friendly, lovely, lonely። in a friendly way ይበሉ።
ግሥና ተሳቢ አብረው ይቆያሉ፦ She speaks English very well (She speaks very well English አይደለም)።

Please speak slowly. My English is still new.
He finished the job quickly and well.
She works hard to support her family.
I can hardly hear you. The music is loud.
Fill in the form carefully.

የድግግሞሽ ተውሳኮችና ቦታቸው

የድግግሞሽ ተውሳኮች ምን ያህል ጊዜ እንደሆነ ይናገራሉ፦ always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never። ከዋናው ግሥ በፊት፣ ከ be በኋላ ግን ይገባሉ፦ I usually take the bus። She is always late። ረዳት ግሥ ካለ ከእሱ በኋላ ይገባሉ፦ I have never been there። sometimes, usually እና often ዓረፍተ ነገርን ሊጀምሩ ይችላሉ፤ always እና never ግን አይችሉም።

Adverb	How often	Example
always	100%	I always call my mother on Sunday.
usually	90%	We usually eat at seven.
often	70%	She often works weekends.
sometimes	50%	Sometimes the bus is late.
rarely / seldom	10%	He rarely takes a day off.
never	0%	I never drive after midnight.
every day / twice a week	exact	I go to the gym three times a week. (at the end)

ከዋናው ግሥ በፊት፦ I often cook። ከ be በኋላ፦ I am often tired። ከረዳት ግሥ በኋላ፦ I can never remember።
እንደ every day, once a month, on weekends ያሉ አገላለጾች መጨረሻ ላይ ይገባሉ።
never ቀድሞ አሉታዊ ነው፦ I never eat pork (I don't never eat አይደለም)።

My husband usually works the night shift.
The kids are always hungry after school.
I have never missed a payment.
We visit our cousins in Phoenix twice a year.
How often do you go to church? — Every Sunday.

መጠን፦ very, really, too, enough፤ ተውሳኮችን ማነጻጸር

very እና really ቅጽልን ወይም ተውሳክን ያጠነክራሉ። too ከሚገባው ወይም ከሚቻለው በላይ ማለት ነው (ችግር ነው)፦ It's too expensive, I can't buy it። enough የሚያስፈልገውን ያህል ማለት ነው፤ ከቅጽል ወይም ከተውሳክ በኋላ፣ ከስም በፊት ግን ይገባል፦ big enough, enough money። ተውሳኮች እንደ ቅጽሎች ይነጻጸራሉ፦ faster, harder, more carefully, better።

Word	Position	Example
very / really	before adjective / adverb	It's very hot. She drives really well.
too	before adjective / adverb	The music is too loud. You walk too fast.
enough	after adjective / adverb	Is the room big enough? He didn't study hard enough.
enough	before a noun	We don't have enough chairs.
comparative adverb	-er / more … than	She types faster than me. Drive more carefully.
irregular	well → better, badly → worse	He speaks English better now.

too አሉታዊ ነው፤ very አይደለም፦ The rent is very high (ግን ይቻላል)። The rent is too high (መክፈል አንችልም)።
too / enough + to + ግሥ፦ too tired to drive, old enough to vote።
very ከግሥ ጋር አይጠቀሙ፦ I really like it / I like it very much (I very like it አይደለም)።

The apartment is nice, but it's too far from my job.
My son is old enough to stay home alone.
I don't have enough time to cook today.
Could you speak a little more slowly?
I really like this neighbourhood.

የተለመዱ ስህተቶች

ስህተት	ትክክል	ለምን
~~She speaks good.~~	She speaks well.	To describe a verb, use the adverb well.
~~I go always to work by bus.~~	I always go to work by bus.	Frequency adverbs go before the main verb.
~~He is enough old to drive.~~	He is old enough to drive.	enough goes after an adjective.
~~I very like Las Vegas.~~	I really like Las Vegas.	very can't describe a verb; use really or very much.
~~She speaks very well English.~~	She speaks English very well.	Don't separate the verb from its object.
~~I don't never eat breakfast.~~	I never eat breakfast.	never is already negative.

ልምምድ

እያንዳንዱ መልስ ወዲያው ከምክንያቱ ጋር ይታረማል። እዚህ ምንም አይቀመጥም።

Adverb of “careful”: ___
She plays the krar very ___.
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose the correct sentence.
This box is ___ heavy. I can't lift it.
She is old ___ to get a driver's license. (one word)
We don't have ___ for everyone.
Comparative adverb: Please drive more ___. (careful)
He works ___. He's always busy.
Correct it: “I have been never to Reno.” → I have ___ been to Reno.
She runs ___ than her brother.