Indonesian Adverbs

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Indonesian Adverbs
Learning the Indonesian Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every
day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the
Indonesian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure
of the grammar in Indonesian.
Indonesian adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of
language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers),
clauses, sentences and other adverbs.
Grammar Tips:

While in English adverbs are usually formed by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Indonesian
many adverbs are formed this way:
 
pelan (slow) becomes pelan-pelan (slowly)
sempurna (perfect) becomes dengan sempurna (perfectly)
 
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature. For example:
sekarang (now), benar-benar (really),  segera (soon), malam ini (tonight), cantik (pretty),
hampir (almost)
are all Indonesian adverbs.
Here are some examples:

English Adverbs Indonesian Adverbs

adverbs kata keterangan

I read a book Saya membaca buku

sometimes kadang-kadang

I will never Aku tidak akan pernah

smoke merokok
 English Adverbs Indonesian Adverbs

are you alone? apakah kamu

sendirian ?

Lista de Adverbs

English Adverbs Indonesian Adverbs

adverbs of time kata keterangan

waktu

yesterday kemarin

today hari ini

tomorrow besok

now sekarang

then kemudian

later kemudian

tonight malam ini

right now sekarang juga

last night tadi malam

this morning pagi ini

next week minggu depan

English Adverbs Indonesian Adverbs

already sudah

recently baru-baru ini

lately akhir-akhir ini

soon segera

immediately segera

still masih

yet masih

ago silam

adverbs of place kata keterangan

tempat

here di sini

there sana

over there di sana

everywhere mana-mana

anywhere di manapun

nowhere tidak dimanapun

home rumah
English Adverbs Indonesian Adverbs

away jauh

out ke luar

adverbs of manner adverbia ragam

very sangat

quite agak

pretty cantik

really benar-benar

fast cepat

well baik

hard keras

quickly segera

slowly pelan-pelan

carefully hati-hati

hardly tidak

barely baru saja

English Adverbs Indonesian Adverbs

mostly kebanyakan

almost hampir

absolutely sama sekali

together bersama

alone sendirian

adverbs of adverbia frekuensi

frequency

always selalu

frequently sering

usually biasanya

sometimes kadang-kadang

occasionally kadang-kadang

seldom jarang

rarely jarang

never tak pernah