ABSTRACT

The group of words we call adverbs comprises different types of words with diverse functions. These can broadly be categorized into the following groups:

adverbs of cause and purpose, e.g. tādēl ‘because’

adverbs of degree, e.g. daudz ‘much, many’

indefinite and negative adverbs, e.g. kaut kad ‘sometime’

interrogative adverbs, e.g. kur ‘where’

adverbs of manner, e.g. ātri ‘quickly’

adverbs of place, e.g. tur ‘there’

adverbs of time, e.g. vakar ‘yesterday’.