Adverbs
Adverbs are a part of speech in English grammar. They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs by providing additional information about the action, quality, or manner. Adverbs can describe how, when, where, how often, or to what degree something happens. Adverbs in Acholi are words that are repeated and in english, they are the words that ends in -ly.
English | Acholi |
Slowly | mot mot |
quickly | oyot oyot |
powerfully | tek tek |
truthfully | adang adang |
Adverb in Acholi can also be joint by the word and(ki).
English | Acholi |
Yearly | Mwoka ki Mwoka |
Hourly | Kare ki kare |
monthly | Dwe ki dwe |
daily | kare ki kare |
carefully | diro ki diro |
Adverbs of place: These adverbs describe where the action happens. For example: here, there, everywhere, outside, inside.
Acholi | English |
kan | here |
kuca | there |
ka weng | everywhere |
woko | outside |
i di iye | inside |
Adverbs of time: These adverbs describe when the action happens. For example: now, then, today, yesterday, tomorrow.
Acholi | English |
cani | Now |
koni | Then |
tin | Today |
laworo | Yesterday |
diki | Tomorrow |
Adverbs of frequency: These adverbs describe how often an action happens. For example: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
Acholi | English |
gwi | always |
kere duc | usually |
kere Weng | often |
cawa mogo | sometimes |
manok | rarely |
peke | never |
Adverbs of degree: These adverbs describe to what extent or how much something is done. For example: very, quite, almost, too, enough.
Acholi | English |
guite | gin agoya |
almost | cok cok |
Too | |
Enough | oromo |