1. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-1 Adverbs Er ist bereits eingetroffen. Adverbs modify verbs and adjectives and answer the questions wann (when), wie (how) and wo (where). Adverbs fall into the following categories: adverbs of time, manner, and place.

2. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-2 Adverbs ZeitArt und WeiseOrt Wann? When?Wie? How?Wo? Where? heute todayglücklich happilydrüben over there um 20 Uhr at 8 p.m.langsam slowlynach Hause at home

3. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-3 Adverbs Adverbs of time Adverbs of time give information about the time of an event. They answer specific questions such as: Wann? Bis wann? Seit wann? Wie lange? Wie oft? Die Ausstellung dauert drei Monate lang. The exhibition lasts for three months. Der Bericht wird täglich geschrieben. The report is written every day.

4. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-4 Adverbs ACHTUNG! When using the preposition seit, use the present tense of the verb. This is unlike English which uses the present perfect tense. Wir wohnen seit drei Jahren im Ausland. We have been living abroad for three years.

5. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-5 Adverbs Adverbs of time can be organized to correspond with the past, present or future. Some adverbs of time VergangenheitGegenwart/allgemeinZukunft bereits already danach after that damals back then früher earlier gestern yesterday vorgestern the day before yesterday vorher before that abends evenings heutzutage nowadays manchmal often morgens mornings nachmittags afternoons nie never oft often selten rarely bald soon danach after that demnächst soon thereafter gleich right away morgen tomorrow später later übermorgen the day after tomorrow

6. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-6 Adverbs The adverbs of time heute, morgen, and gestern can be combined with other time expressions to be more precise. Heute in einem Monat fliegen wir zur Konferenz. A month from today we will fly to the conference.

7. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-7 Adverbs Adverbs of manner Adverbs of manner describe how an action is done. Adverbs of manner do not differ from the adjective. In English, the ending –ly often signifies the adverb. In German there is no such ending. Der Wissenschaftler geht schnell durchs Labor. The scientist is walking quickly through the lab.

8. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-8 Adverbs Adverbs of manner also include attributes, intensifiers, or negations used as adverbs. Kabellose Elektronik ist äußerst praktisch. Wireless electronics are extremely practical. Some adverbs of manner äußerst extremely doch indeed fast almost genau exactly gern with pleasure gewiss certainly ja definitely kaum hardly keineswegs by no means leider unfortunately nicht not noch still noch nicht not yet schon already sehr very sicherlich certainly umso mehr even more vielleicht perhaps wirklich really ziemlich rather zu too

9. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-9 Adverbs Adverbs of manner are used in the comparative and superlative form. Er liest gern Sachliteratur. He likes to read theoretical texts. Ich lese lieber Romane. I prefer reading novels.

10. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-10 Adverbs Adverbs of place Adverbs of place indicate location or direction and answer the questions wo?, wohin?, and woher?. They may include prepositional phrases that define location or direction. Der Rechner da hinten ist leider kaputt. The computer back there is unfortunately broken. Some adverbs of place Wo?Wohin?Woher? dahinten over there; back there dort there zu Hause at home hier here im Seminar at the seminar dorthin to there nach Hause to (go) home hinauf up hinunter down daher from there von drüben from over there aus dem Labor from the lab aus den USA from the US

11. 7.3 Lektion 7 Wissenschaft und Technologie STRUKTUREN © and ® 2012 Vista Higher Learning, Inc. 7.3-11 Adverbs German adverbs are usually used in a specific order: the adverb of time first, then manner and then place. Er geht heute allein ins Labor. Hes going to the lab alone today. Heute gehen die Mathematiker mit den Biologen in die Bibliothek. The mathematicians are going with the biologists to the library today.