Italian Adverbs of Frequency

In this video, we'll be learning about the Italian adverbs of frequency. We'll be covering topics like how to use them, when to use them, and their meanings. If you'd like to improve your Italian skills, then this video is for you! We'll be learning about the Italian adverbs of frequency, and how to use them to improve your language skills. After watching this video, you'll be able to use adverbs of frequency to improve your Italian vocabulary and pronunciation!

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What is an adverb?

It is a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. 

It tells us information on how, where, when how much and with what frequency.

You can have many different types of adverbs and they are all super important because you will use them in your daily Italian. Without them your sentences would be weak and might not make much sense.

What do adverbs of frequency refer to? 

Well the word frequency should give you a hint...they tell you for how long or how many times the actions is carried out.

For example take the adverb SEMPRE - this means always so I will talk about a repeated action or an action that is aways happening or in someway true.

Unlike in English which they usually have a specific position in MOST cases in Italian you can place them at the beginning or at the end of the sentence. Unfortunately this can cause confusion if you are learning the language but a trick to understand to what te adverb is referring to is to look at the closest verb. The adverb will refer to the last action mentioned in the sentence.

• Sempre (always) / Ogni giorno (everyday) - A colazione bevo sempre il caffè
• Quasi sempre (almost always) - Esco di casa quasi sempre alle 8.30 del mattino
• Spesso (often) - Vado spesso in piscina
• Di solito (usually) - Di solito ceno verso le 19.30
• Normalmente (normally) - Normalmente non parlo alle persone sconosciute.
• A volte (sometimes) / qualche volta (sometimes) / ogni tanto (once in a while) - A volte mangio il cibo giapponese.
• Quasi mai (almost never) - Non esco quasi mai se fa troppo freddo.
• Raramente (rarely) - Raramente vado a sciare.
• Mai (never) - Non ho mai fatto bungee jumping.

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