forming adverbs

An adverb is a word that describes a verb or adjective. It tells us how an action was performed or elaborates a quality possessed by a noun. For example, Jeff ran quickly. The apple was bright red.

To form adverbs in Italian, just take any adjective, convert it to the feminine form and add -mente (the equivalent of our English -ly). If the adjective ends in -e, simply add -mente. If it ends in -le or -re, drop the -e and add -mente.

Hence: certo – certamente (certainly); veloce – velocemente (quickly); naturale – naturalmente (naturally); regolare – regolarmente (regularly).

And that's it - you’ve just doubled your vocabulary! Any adjective you learn you now know the adverb for too (with a few exceptions). And you did it facilmente!