UNIT SIX Adverbs 1 English adverbs are usually formed by adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective (e.g. ‘thin ly ’, ‘clever ly ’). Italian adverbs are usually just as easy to form:  -mente  is added to the feminine singular form of the adjective: When the adjective ends in  -le  or  -re  preceded by a vowel, the  fi nal  e  is dropped before adding  -mente : 2 In Italian there are also many adverbs which do not end in  -mente . Here are some: abbastanza ancora bene davanti dentro dietro dopo enough/fairly/rather/ quite still well at the front/in front in(side) at the back/behind later/afterwards forte fuori già lontano male non . . . ancora non . . . mai piano loudly/hard out/outside already far (away) badly not yet never slowly/quietly gent ile  +  -mente ut ile  +  -mente maggi ore  +  -mente regol are  +  -mente gentilmente utilmente maggiormente regolarmente kindly, politely usefully mainly regularly Il tempo cambia  rapidamente. La nonna cammina  lentamente. Enrico risponde sempre  gentilmente. Faccio i compiti  regolarmente. The weather changes quickly. Granny walks slowly. Enrico always answers politely. I do my homework regularly. lent a  +  -mente rapid a  +  -mente semplic e  +  -mente frequent e  +  -mente lentamente rapidamente semplicemente frequentemente slowly quickly simply frequently