
  Unit 23: Adverbs and adverbials    185
Degree adverbs include the following:
㺎 really  㫆⁞ a bit
㭒⪲ mainly  ⍞ⶊ so much
㞚㭒 very
However, when there is more than one componential adverb in a sentence, 
the adverbs tend to occur in the following sequence: time, degree, and 
manner, as shown below.
㓺䕆ぢṖG 䟃㌗G 䄺䞒⯒G 㞚㭒G Ⱔ㧊G Ⱎ㎪㣪 “Steve always drinks coffee 
very much”
Notice that the first adverb is time adverb 䟃㌗ “always,” followed by the 
degree adverb 㞚㭒 “very,” and the manner adverb Ⱔ㧊 “much.”
Adverbials
In Korean, adverbs do not take any morphological variation. Those adverbs 
that take morphological variations are called “adverbial.” Consider the 
following examples:
1  㩦㕂㦚Gⰱ㧞ỢGⲏ㠞㠊㣪. “(I) ate lunch deliciously.”
2  ↙㧊G㞚⯚╋ỢG䞒㠊㣪. “Flowers blossom beautifully.”
In 1, notice that ⰱ㧞Ợ “deliciously” modifies the verb ⲏ㠞㠊㣪 “ate,” 
and  㞚⯚╋Ợ “beautifully” modifies 䞒㠊㣪 “blossom” in 2. However, 
ⰱ㧞Ợ or 㞚⯚╋Ợ are not adverbs but adverbials in Korean, since they 
are the results of the morphological variations:
ⰱ㧞┺ “delicious”  : ⰱ㧞Ợ “deliciously” = ⰱ㧞 + Ợ
㞚⯚╋┺ “beautiful”  : 㞚⯚╋Ợ “beautifully” = 㞚⯚╋ + Ợ
Notice above that the adverbial form -Ợ is attached to the adjective stems. 
In Korean, one can change an adjective into an adverbial form by attaching 
Ợ to an adjective stem. Here are some more examples:
Adjectives Adverbials
㓓┺ easy  㓓Ợ easily
㕎┺ cheap  㕎Ợ at a low price
䋂┺ big  䋂Ợ hugely
㧧┺ small  㧧Ợ tinily
⍩┺ wide  ⍩Ợ widely
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