Special Esperanto Adverbs - Bare-root Adverbs

Bare-root Adverbs

Other adverbs occur as bare roots; the distinction between bare-root and -aŭ adverbs is lexical. However, some of the bare-root words may be argued to be grammatical particles and not true adverbs, in which case true adverbs may be derived from them by adding the ending -e. They are,

Esperanto English notes
for away cf. the derived adverb fore
jam already, yet
ĵus just now
nun now noun and adverb
nur only
plej most cf. the derived adverb pleje
pli more pronoun and adverb; cf. the derived adverb plie
plu beyond, further cf. the derived adverb plue
tre very
tro overly, too much cf. the derived adverb troe
tuj at once, immediately

Occasionally in poetry forms such as nune and tree are seen, but this is considered grammatically redundant (Kalocsay & Waringhien 1985:409).

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