Parts of Speech-এর একটি অন্যতম প্রকার হচ্ছে adverb। Adverb সাধারণত adjective, verb ও another adverb-কে বিশেষিত করে থাকে। বিভিন্ন adverb-এর ব্যবহার ও বাক্যে তাদের যথাযথ অবস্থান বাক্যের শুদ্ধাশুদ্ধির ক্ষেত্রে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভূমিকা পালন করে থাকে। Adverb কখনো noun কে qualify করে না। noun কে qualify করে adjective।
সংজ্ঞা : যে word কোনো adjective, verb, another adverb এমনকি কোনো sentence-কে modify বা বিশেষিত করে তাকে adverb বলা হয় ।
প্রকারভেদ : Adverb কয়েক প্রকারের হতে পারে। নিচের টেবিলটি দেখুন-
Types of Adverb | Example |
Adverb of Time (When?) | after, already, before, just, finally, last, later, next, now, recently, soon, then, tomorrow, yesterday, today, tonight lately, still, yet, immediately, ago. |
Adverb of Place (Where?) | abroad, anywhere, downstairs, here, home, in, nowhere, out, outside, somewhere, there, underground, upstairs, everywhere, downtown, back, away. |
Adverb of Manner (How?) | carefully, very, quite, pretty, really, fast, well, hard, quickly, slowly, hardly, barely, mostly, absolutely, together, alone. |
Adverb of Frequency (How often) | always, frequently, often, usually, sometimes, occasionally, seldom, rarely, never, regularly, normally, traditionally, again, once, twice, thrice, ever, weekly. |
Adverb of Degree | almost, much, nearly, quite, too, very, little, rather, more, enough, fairly, highly, slightly, somewhat, utterly. |
Adverb of cause and effect | therefore, hence, accordingly, consequently. |
Adverb of Purpose | so, so that, in order to, since, intentionally. |