Prislov je besedna vrsta, ki natančneje opisuje glagol, pridevnik ali nek drug prislov. Odgovarja na vprašanje kako, kje, kdaj koliko in s kakšno pogostnostjo.
Prislove bomo razdelili v sledeče skupine:
- prislovi načina (KAKO?)
- prislovi časa (KDAJ?)
- prislovi kraja (KJE?)
- prislovi količine (KOLIKO? DO KATERE MERE?)
- prislovi pogostnosti (KAKO POGOSTO?)
KAKO? |
KJE? |
KDAJ? |
KOLIKO? |
KAKO POGOSTO? |
| quietly | above | now | too | always |
| peacefully | abroad | yesterday | quite | rarely |
| carefully | far | soon | fairly | occasionally |
| slowly | away | later | entirely | often |
| badly | back | tomorrow | very | sometimes |
| closely | here | yet | rather | normally |
| well | outside | then | extremely | seldom |
| fast | down | already | almost | hardly ever |
| hard | indoors | tonight | absolutely | never |
| quickly | inside | last year | enough | generally |
| secretly | there | today | just | frequently |
Prislovi kraja in časa ter načeloma tudi pogostnosti niso nobene posebnosti kar zadeva tvorbo, medtem ko za prislove načina obstajajo pravila, kako se tvorijo. Ti prislovi se tvorijo iz pridevnika tako, da jim dodajamo končnico -LY.
PRIDEVNIK |
PRISLOV |
|---|---|
| cheap | cheaply |
| quick | quickly |
| slow | slowly |
Če se pridevnik konča na -y, nadomestimo y z i ter dodamo -ly
| PRIDEVNIK | PRISLOV |
|---|---|
| easy | easily |
| angry | angrily |
| happy | happily |
| lucky | luckily |
Če se pridevnik konča na -able, -ible, ali -le, nadomestimo -e z -y.
| PRIDEVNIK | PRISLOV |
|---|---|
| probable | probably |
| terrible | terribly |
| gentle | gently |
Če se pridevnik konča na -ic, dodamo -ally. Izejema: public – publicly
| PRIDEVNIK | PRISLOV |
|---|---|
| basic | basically |
| tragic | tragically |
| economic | economically |
