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Acholi Language

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

Slowlymot mot
quicklyoyot oyot
powerfullytek tek
truthfullyadang adang


Adverb in Acholi can also be joint by the word and(ki).

English

Acholi

YearlyMwoka ki Mwoka
HourlyKare ki kare
monthlyDwe ki dwe
dailykare ki kare
carefullydiro ki diro

 

Adverbs of place: These adverbs describe where the action happens. For example: here, there, everywhere, outside, inside.

AcholiEnglish
kanhere
kucathere
ka wengeverywhere
wokooutside
i di iyeinside


 

Adverbs of time: These adverbs describe when the action happens. For example: now, then, today, yesterday, tomorrow.

AcholiEnglish
caniNow
koniThen 
tinToday
laworoYesterday
dikiTomorrow


 

Adverbs of frequency: These adverbs describe how often an action happens. For example: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.

AcholiEnglish
gwialways
kere duc usually
kere Weng often
cawa mogosometimes
manokrarely
pekenever


 


 


 

Adverbs of degree: These adverbs describe to what extent or how much something is done. For example: very, quite, almost, too, enough.

AcholiEnglish
guitegin agoya
almostcok cok
Too 
Enough oromo