Ch 39 · Lesson 21Spanish · Chapter 39 · Lesson 21 · Grammar primer
As soon as possible: lo antes posible, lo mejor posible
(as fast as possible), with , and and with their own forms: , .
The short version
As fast as possible is
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To say 'as fast as possible' Spanish does not inflect the adverb: it wraps it instead, with , the adverb, then . The same frame handles almost every adverb, from to . As soon as possible is the exception: , with .
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Most adverbs take + adverb + , but and have irregular forms, and , much as English 'well' becomes 'better' rather than 'more well'. So it is and ; ' ' does not exist.
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