più piuttosto presto prima quasi sempre more rather soon/early earlier/beforehand/ fi rst almost always sopra sotto spesso subito tardi vicino volentieri above/upstairs below/downstairs often immediately/right away late near(by) willingly/gladly Questo  fi lm è  abbastanza  bello. Partiamo  tardi : dopo le 11. Andiamo  spesso  in discoteca. Vengo  subito ! Parto  presto. Parliamo  piano  perchè Carla dorme. Può parlare  piano , per favore? Non sono italiano. Abita  vicino , Signora? Vai  lontano ? Piove  forte. Puoi parlare  più forte ? Mangiamo  fuori. È  ancora  estate. Non  è  ancora  estate. * Non  esco  mai. * Lorenzo  non  telefona  mai. * This  fi lm is rather good. We’re leaving late: after 11. We often go to the disco. I’m coming (immediately)! I’m leaving early/soon. We’re talking quietly because Carla’s asleep. Could you speak slowly, please? I’m not Italian. Do you live nearby (Madam)? Are you going far? It’s raining hard. Can you speak louder/more loudly? We’re eating out [e.g. in a restaurant]/ outside [i.e. in the open]. It’s still summer. It’s not summer yet. I never go out. Lorenzo never phones. Dormo bene.  [verb + adverb] Dormo molto bene.  [adverb + adverb] La casa è molto piccola.  [adverb + adjective] I sleep well. I sleep very well. The house is very small. * Note that with  non . . . ancora  and  non . . . mai ,  non  is always placed before the verb and  ancora /mai after it. 3 Adverbs can qualify verbs, adjectives or even other adverbs: 4 Some words denoting quantity can be used both as adverbs and as adjec- tives:  molto / tanto  (a lot (of)/very/many),  troppo  (too much/too many) and poco  (few/little/not much/not very). When used as  adverbs  they are invariable, but when used as  adjectives  they agree in gender and number with the noun they refer to: Unit 6 47