Adverbs
Adverbs are usually formed by adding -sti to the inflecting form of the corresponding adjective.
| Adjective | Adverb | English |
| helppo | helposti | easily |
| hidas | hitaasti | slowly |
| huono | huonosti | badly |
| kaunis | kauniisti | beautifully |
| kiire | kiireesti | hastily |
| mahdollinen | mahdollisesti | possibly |
| nopea | nopeasti | quickly |
| selvä | selvästi | clearly |
The great thing about adverbs like these is that they don't inflect!
Apart from adverbs ending in -sti, you have three large groups:
- Adverbs of time: huomenna, eilen, tänään, joskus, usein, kerran, heti, pian,...
- Adverbs of place: kaukana, alta, luokse, eteen (all the postpositions are in fact adverbs)
- Adverbs of quantity: paljon, hiukan, vähän, vain, melkein,...
When dealing with adverbs of place, you DO inflect the adverb, but only in the location cases. Visit the page about postpositions to find out more about this.
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Prepositions :
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs |