Adverbs   advUbiz

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1. Generally adverbs in Lingojam, end in -lee, except those that due to their commonality are words in their own right and frequently do the work of other grammar parts in the sentence.

2. If an everyday English adverb ends in -ly, then it renders as -lee in Lingojam.

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Examples:

almost = aalmGst-lee

actually = aCuEl-lee

always = OlwAz-lee

often = ofEn-lee

seldom = selEm-lee

rarely = rH-lee

never = nevE-lee

frequently = freekwEnt-lee / freeqEnt-lee

sometimes = sumtFmiz-lee

usually = yooZE-lee

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much = muC   -    see table of common adverbs

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Adverbs modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. However some words are adverbs by nature.

 

Other words of different types could be, and are, used as an adverb. For example, the word "by" is a preposition, such as, "He drove by the restaurant." However, it can also be an adverb, "The restaurant is close by."

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However, that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature. For example:

nM (now) and soon (soon) are Lingojam adverbs.

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Lingojam is an adverb-rich language. Averbs are seasy to make by simply adding –lee. In English, there are many ways of modifying verbs, such as by adding “-wise.”

 

Some adverbs in everyday English are difficult to pronounce, such as “friendlily” (which means, in a friendly way) and because of this are not used much in speech. In Lingojam, we just add –lee to frend to get frendlee.

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In Lingojam, as in everyday English, some nouns may be used as adverbs, for example tEdA (today), yestEdA (yesterday) or tEmorG (tomorrow).

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An adverb gives more information about a verb in the sentence.

• The fire engine runs fast.   QfaiE enjin run faastlee

• Listen to his speech carefully.   QlisEn tE hiz speeC cHfEl-lee

• I browse the web frequently.   QF brMz web freekwEnt-lee.

• It rained hard.   Qit rAn-id haadlee.

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An adverb describes more about an adjective in the sentence.
 

• The news is very surprising!   Qnyooz iz veree sUprFziI.

• The coffee is extremely hot, so be careful.   Qkofee iz extreemlee hot, sG bee cHful.

• Nature is really amazing!   QnWCU iz reeElee EmAziI.

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An adverb can modify another adverb - or adjective - in the sentence.

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• It rains very hard.     Qit rAn veree haadlee.

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'much' can be a pronoun, an adverb, or a determiner; depending on the 'work' it does in the sentence.

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• Computers run much faster these days.     QcEmpyootE-iz run muC mOfaast deez dA-iz.

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• I clean my room less frequently because I am busy.     QF kleen mF room les freeqEnt-lee bEkEz F am sG bizi.

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Commonly, adjectives can be changed to adverbs by adding 'ly'.
 

• slow – slowly          slG - slGlee

• quick – quickly          qik - qiklee          kwik - kwiklee

• comfortable – comfortably          cumfOtEbEl - cumfOtEbElee

• loud – loudly          lGd - lGdlee

• clear – clearly          cleeE - cleeElee

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In everyday English adjectives ending in 'y' change the 'y' to 'i' and add 'ly'. In Lingojam, they render as follows;
 

• happy – happily          hapee - hapeelee

• easy – easily          eezee - eezeelee