아주 쉬운 영문법 (부사/The Adverb)

The Adverb(부사)

  1e. An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, ans adjective, or another adverb.(부사는 동사, 형용사와 또 다른 부사의 의미를 변화시키는 단어이다.)

 

ADVERBS MODYFYING VERBS(동사를 변화시키는 부사)

 

  A word that changes the meaning of a verb is an adverb. Study the adverbs in heavy print below, observing that they modify verbs by answering one of these questions: Where? When? How? To what extent (how long or how much)?

 

WHERE(장소)?

1. Play here.

2. He drove there.

3. I fell down.

 

WHEN(시간)?

1. Play now.

2. He drives daily.

3. I often fall.

 

HOW(수단)?

1. Play well.

2. He drives carefully.

3. I fell clumsily.

 

TO WHAT EXTENT(정도)?

1. Do not play.

2. He drove far.

3. I almost fell.

 

ADVERBS MODIFYING ADJECTIVES(형용사를 변화시키는 부사)

 

  A word that modifies an adjective is an adverb.(형용사의 의미를 변화시키는 단어가 부사이다.)

 

  EXAMPLES An unusually good batter, Bill knocked another home run.[The adjective good modifies the noun batter. The adverb unusually, telling how good, modifies the adjective good.

 

  The room is spotlessly clean. [The adverb spotlessly modifies the adjective clean, which describes the noun room.

 

ADVERBS MODIFYING OTHER VERBS(다른 부사를 변화시키는 부사)

 

  Some adverbs modify other adverbs. For example, in the following sentence late is an adverb because it tells when: Eric arrived late. If you add a word to modify late, an adverb, the word you add must also be an adverb.

 

  Eric arrived too late. [The adverb too tells how late.]

Eric arrived very late. [The adverb very tells how late.]

 

THE FORMS OF ADVERBS(부사의 형태)

 

  You have probably noticed that many adverbs end in –ly. You should also learn, however, that many adjectives also end in –ly: the daily newspaper, an early train, an only child, his untimely death, a friendly person. Moreover, words like now, then, far, wide, fast, high, already, somewhat, not and right are often used as adverbs; they do not end in –ly. In order to identify a word as an adverb, do not depend upon the form of the ending. Instead, ask yourself: Does this word modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb? Does it tell when, where, how, or to what extent?