Adverb Position and Degree

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Spanish adverbs are flexible, but their position helps show what they modify. An adverb that describes an action often follows the verb or its object. Frequency adverbs commonly appear before the conjugated verb or at the beginning or end of the sentence. Degree words normally go directly before the adjective or adverb they modify.

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degree adverb + adjective/adverb: muy cansado, bastante lejos; verb + mucho: trabaja mucho

Verwendung

• Place manner adverbs after the verb or after its object: Habla claramente; Explicó el problema claramente.
• Put no directly before the conjugated verb: No entiendo la pregunta.
• Place degree words such as muy, bastante, demasiado, and poco immediately before an adjective or adverb.
• Use mucho after a verb to express a high degree or quantity: Viajamos mucho.
• Move some frequency adverbs for emphasis without changing the basic meaning: Normalmente cocino en casa; Cocino en casa normalmente.

Beispiele

• Mariana explica las instrucciones claramente. — Mariana explains the instructions clearly.
• Casi siempre llegamos temprano. — We almost always arrive early.
• El apartamento está bastante cerca. — The apartment is quite close.
• No dormí mucho anoche. — I didn’t sleep much last night.

Typischer Fehler

❌ La película es mucho interesante.

✅ La película es muy interesante.

Use muy before an adjective or adverb. Use mucho after a verb or with a noun when it expresses amount.

Merke

Put a degree word directly before the adjective or adverb it modifies. With verbs, mucho usually comes after the verb.