Ge'ez Simple Adverbs
An Adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb or a preposition.
Ge’ez Adverbs might be stand at the beginning and ending of a sentence to qualify the whole sentence.
1.Adverbs of manner and state
This Adverbs answer the question of እፎ (ˈefo) – how ? and ዘ-ከመ እፎ (za-kama ˈefo) – in what manner ?
quickly ፍጡነ (feţuna)
badly – በእኩይ (ba-ekuy)
slowly – ክብደ (kebda)
suddenly – ግብተ (gebeta)
secretly – ጽሚተ (şemita)
openly – ክሡተ (kesuta)
quietly – በአርምሞ (ba-ˈarmemo)
completely – በኩሉ (ba-kulu)
foolishly – በእበድ (ba-ˈebad)
hard – ጽኑዐ (şenuˈa)
carefully – ጥንቁቀ (țenquqa)
fast – በጉጒኣ (ba-gugwuˈ ā)
safely – በሰላም (ba-salām)
truly – ርቱዐ (retuˈa)
bravely – በለብዎ (ba-labewo)
2. Adverbs of place
This Adverbs answer the question “where” – አይቴ (ˈayte)
backward – ድኅረ (dexera)
forward – ቅድመ (qedema)
across – ማዕዶተ (māedota)
below – ታሕተ (tāhta)
outside – አፍኣ (ˈafeˈ ā)
within – በማዕከለ (ba-māˈekala)
here – ዝየ (zeya)
there – ህየ (heya)
everywhere – በኲለሄ (ba-kwulahe)
in – ውስተ (westa)
out of – እምነ (ˈemena)
up – ላዕለ (lāˈela)
down- ታሕተ (tāhta)
inside – ውስጠ (wesţa)
far – ርኁቀ (rexuqa)
near – ቅሩበ (qeruba)
under – በመትሕተ (ba-matehta)
on the – በላዕለ (ba-lāˈela)
by – በ (ba)
3.Adverbs of time "when"-ማእዜ (māˈezē)
These Adverbs answer the question “when” – ማእዜ (māˈezē)
immediately – በጊዜሁ (ba-gizehu)
formerly – እንዘ ቀዲሙ (ˈenza qadimu)
after – ድኅረ (dexera)
instantly – በቅጽበት (ba-qsbat)
after wards – ወእምድኅረ (wa-em-dexra)
yesterday – ትማልም (temālem)
early – በጽባሕ (ba-şebāĥ)
before – ቅድመ (qedema)
now – ናሁ (nāhu)
still – ዓዲሁ (ˈadihu)
today – ዮም (yom)
tomorrow – ጌሠመ (gesama)
yet – ጥቀ (țeqa)
since – እምአመ (em-ama)
at night – ሌሊተ (lēlita)
evening – ምሴተ (meseta)
3.1 Adverbs of time "How often" እስከ ማእዜኑ ( ˈeska māˈezēnu )
These Adverbs answer the question “how often” – እስከ ማእዜኑ (eska maezenu)
always – ወትረ (watera)
seldom – ጉንዱየ (gunduya)
frequently – ብዙኀ (bezuxa)
twice – ዳግመ (dāgma)
once – ምዕረ (meˈera)
again – ወካዕበ (wa-kāˈeba)
three times – ሥልሰ ጊዜያተ (selsa gizēyāta)
usually – ኲሎ አሚረ (kwulo ˈamira)
regullarly – ዘልፈ (zalefa)
4.Adverbs of degree, quantity and extent
much – ብዙኀ (bezuxa)
a little – ሕቀ (heqa)
rather – ወባሕቱ (wabāĥtu)
wholly – ኲሎ (kwulo)
only – ባሕቲቶ (bāĥetito)
partly – ክፍለ (kefela)
haif – መንፈቀ (manfaqa)
fully – ፍጹመ (fesuma)
extermely – ፈድፋደ (fadfada)
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