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258 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

23. ADYERBS

1. Some Portuguese adverbs are formed by adding menie to the feminine singular form of the adjec-tive; this corresponds to the English ending “ty”:

exclusively

exclusivamente

If there are two or morę adverbs with this same ending, menie is given only with the last one:

clara e concisamente clearly and concisely

Adverbs are generally compared like adjectives (see GS 18).

POSITIVE COMP A RATIVE SUPERLATIYE

claramente mais claramente

clearly morę clearly

2. Irregular comparatives:

bem	well	melhor	better, best
mai	badly	piór	worse, worst
muito	much	mais	morę, most
pouco	little	menos	less, least

3. Adverbs and prepositions.

Many adverbs become prepositions when de is added:

adverb

depois afterward

PREPOSITION

depois de antes de

after

before

antes formerly

Other words which act similarly: atrds “behind”;

debaixo “under”; longe “far”; mais “morę”; menos “less”; perto “near.”

When que is added to some of these they act as conjunctions:

Depois que ileś	Afiter they arrive we’]
chegarem falaremos.	talk.
4. Adverbs of time:
hoje	today
ontem	yesterday
amanhd	tomorrow
cedo	early
tarde	late
muitas vizes^1	often
sempre	always
nunca	never
depois	afterward
antes	before, fonnerly
depressa	quicldy
deyagar	slowly
imediatamente	immediately
raramente	seldom, rarely
agora	now
5. Adverbs of place:
aqui	here
ca	here (motion)
ai	there
ali	there (farther away)

¹ \ezes (P).