Adverbs
Adverbs typically answer such questions as how?, when?, where?, in what way? how much?, or how often?. They can be used as modifiers
Adverbs of place
Adverbs of place
| Motion to | No motion | Motion from | |
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| mihin | missä | mistä | where |
| Small area | tähän | tässä | tästä | (right) here |
| tuohon | tuossa | tuosta | (right) there |
| siihen | siinä | siitä | (right) there |
| Large area | tänne | täällä | täältä | here |
| tuonne | tuolla | tuolta | (over) there |
| sinne | siellä | sieltä | there |
These adverbs actually look like demonstrative pronouns (such as this and that) so some grammars don't differ them (or call them proadverbs).
See the comparison below
Adverbs of place and demonstrative pronouns, comparison
| tämä | this | tässä (paikassa) | "in this (place)" = here |
| tuo | that | tuolla (paikalla) | "on that (place)" = over there |
| se | it | siellä | in it = in that place = there |
Other advers of place
Adverbs of place
| ylös | up |
| alas | down |
| ulos | out |
| ulkona | outside |
- Mene ulos!
- Go out!
- Taksi odottaa ulkona.
- A taxi is waiting outside.
Adverbs of time
Adverbs of time
| eilen | yesterday |
| tänään | today |
| huomenna | tomorrow |
| aina | always |
| joskus | sometimes |
| harvoin | seldom |
Adverbs of manner
You can form this kind of adverbs from adjectives by adding sti ending. (In English, many of them end ly).
Adverbs of manner
| nopeasti | quickly |
| hirvittävästi | horribly |
| huonosti | badly |
Adverbs of amount
Adverbs of amount
| paljon | much |
| vähän | a little |
| hiukan | some |
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