Turning adjectives into adverbs

Turning adjectives into adverbs in Chinese is a piece of cake!

Structure

You can easily convert Chinese adjectives into adverbs with 地 (de). This character is very similar to the English suffix -ly.

Subject + Adjective + 地 + Verb

Examples

• 你 要 很 认真 地 学习。You are going to study very seriously.
• 爷爷 慢慢 地 走路。Grandpa walks slowly.
• 我们 舒服 地 躺 在 那里。We comfortably laid down here.

See also

• Structural particle "de"

Sources and further reading

Books

• Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 72) →buy
• Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 192) →buy