Russian · Chapter 14 · Lesson 3 · Grammar primer
Adverbs
Prescribed by the Edexcel specification - revisited.
The short version
Swap the adjective ending for -o and you have the adverb
Most Russian adverbs are just an adjective with -o on the end instead of its usual ending, and the result never changes again: bystryy (fast) gives bystro (quickly). Put the adverb directly in front of the verb it describes for a neutral, everyday word order.
On bystro chitayet.
Speaking a language uses po-, not the plain adjective
Say govoryu po-russki (I speak Russian), never govoryu russkiy: the language name needs this special po- plus -i adverb with verbs like speak, read and write, while the plain adjective russkiy only ever goes with a noun.
Ya govoryu po-russki.
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