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An adverb in English grammar is a word that describes a verb, For example: He walks slowly, an

adjective (very tall), another adverb (too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought
an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as the adjectives.

I will give an example of the adverbs in differenc sentences to show their different usage.

1. She usaully eats rapidly.

2. Jean is very tall.

3. The lesson finished too quickly.

4. Unfortunately, he did not win the match.

When we say that adverbs modify verbs it means that they describe the way an action is happening. The
first above-mentiond sentence answers the question in what manner?

It should be noted that there is one type of verb that doesn’t mix well with adverbs. Those are copula
verbs, such as feel, smell, sound, seem, and appear. These verbs typically need adjectives, not adverbs.
A very common example of this type of mixup is - I feel badly about what happened, which is incorrect, I
feel bad about what happened would be correct form.
Because “feel” is a verb, it seems to require an adverb rather than an adjective. But “feel”is a copula
verb, an adverb would describe how you perform the action of feeling—an adjective describes what you
feel.

Place of the adverbs in a sentence is not strictly controlled compared to the other parts of speech, but
sometimes it can change the meaning, especially when speaking about an adverb – only.
For instance:
“ She only read a book”
“She read only a book”
In the first sentence it means that she did not do anything expect reading a book during the day and in
the second sentence it means that she read only book and not a magazine or something else.

As for adverbs in Georgian language they're words that modify any part of speech other than a noun.
Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs.

While in English adverbs are usually formed by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Georgian many adverbs are
formed from adjectives, simply by adding the suffix –ad, -a to the singular form of adjectives.
Examples:
Is nela dadis – She walks slowly.
gakveTili Zalian adre damtavrda – The lesson finished too quickly.

Same rules apply when comparing the place of an adverb in Georgian and English language, we can put
them in the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the sentences. But in case of – only , same rule
applies.

Man mxolod wigni waikitkha.

It means that she did not do anything expect reading a book during the day.

Man waikitkha mxolod wigni.

In this sentence it means that she read only book, not a magazine or something else.

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