Adverbs

 Adverbs

never

aldrig

possibly

möjligen

always

alltid

often

ofta

probably

antagligen

already

redan

at least

Ã¥tminstone

surely

säkert

only, merely

bara

seldom

sällan

gladly, willingly

gärna

soon

snart

not

inte

probably

troligtvis

maybe, perhaps

kanska

usually

vanligtvis

hardly

knappast

really, indeed

verkligen

Adverbs are generally placed after the first verb in independent clauses with straight word order.

David röker ofta pipa. David often smokes a pipe.
Stockholm ligger inte i Amerika. Stockholm is not in a America.
Talar Bo alltid långsamt? Does Bo always speak slowly?

In subordinate clauses, the adverb is placed before the conjugated verb.

Hon tror, att hon alltid har rätt. She thinks that she is always right.
Lars sade, att han inte tycker om att köra bil. Lars said that he doesn't like to drive.

Many adverbs in Swedish have two distinct forms: one to denote location and one to denote movement to or from a place. Location adverbs answer the question var? where? while movement adverbs answer the question vart? where to?

 

Location

Movement

in

inne

in

out

ute

ut

there

framme

fram

up

uppe

upp

down

nere

ner

here

här

hit

there

där

dit

away

borta

bort

(at) home

hemma

hem

Location adverbs are used with verbs of rest (vara, stå, ligga, sitta, stanna, finnas, bo, trivas) and movement adverbs are used with verbs of motion (gå, komma, fara, resa, åka, flytta, spring, köra, flyga).

Malin är här. Malin is here.
Malin kommer hit. Malin is coming here.

Mamma stannar hemma. Mother is staying home.
Mamma går hem. Mother is going home.

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