Pronominal adverbs

 

Pronominal adverbs do not name any modifiers or attributes but merely refer to them. Pronominal adverbs fall into the same groups as all other adverbs. They are divided into: interrogative, relative, demonstrative, negative and indefinite.

 

Adverb of place

 

Interrogative Relative Adverbs.

где ... where ... ?   

куда ...   where to ...?   

откуда ... where from ...?

 

Demonstrative Adverbs

 

там there (place)                     

туда there (direction)   

оттуда from there        

здесь here (place)       

тут here (place)                       

сюда here (direction)   

отсюда from here

 

Negative Adverbs

нигде nowhere (place)                        

никуда nowhere (direction)     

ниоткуда  from nowhere

негде nowhere (place)                        

некуда nowhere     (direction)             

неоткуда from nowhere

 

Indefinite Adverbs

где-то somewhere (place)                               

куда-то somewhere (direction)            

откуда-то from somewhere                             

где-нибудь  somewhere (place)          

куда-нибудь somewhere (direction) 

откуда-нибудь  from somewhere

кое-где here and there

 

Adverbs of time

Interrogative Relative Adverbs.

когда when

 

Demonstrative Adverbs

тогда then       

 

Negative Adverbs

никогда never

некогда (one has) no time

(there is) no time

 

Indefinite Adverbs                                           

когда-то once (upon a time),   

некогда at one time 

когда-нибудь some day                     

когда-либо some day

 

Adverbs of manner

Interrogative Relative Adverbs.

как  hоw

 

Demonstrative Adverbs

так so 

 

Negative Adverbs

никак in no waу

 

Indefinite Adverbs       

как-то somehow 

как-нибудь somehow

как-либо  somehow 

кое-как  anyhow

 

Adverbs of measure of degree

Interrogative Relative Adverbs.      

сколько how many /much;

насколько how much  

 

Demonstrative Adverbs

столько so much/many;

настолько so much

 

Negative Adverbs

нисколько not at all, 

 

Indefinite Adverbs

несколько somewhat, a little, rather

                                                     

Adverbs of cause

Interrogative Relative Adverbs

 

почему why

 

Demonstrative Adverbs

 

потому therefore                    

 

Indefinite Adverbs

 

почему-то for some reason;

 

почему-нибудь for tome reason

 

Adverbs of purpose

Interrogative Relative Adverbs       

 

зачем what for

Interrogative Relative Adverbs

затем for some reason 

 

Negative Adverbs

незачем (there is) no need      

 

Indefinite Adverbs

зачем-то for some reason

зачем-нмбудь for some reason or other

зачем-либо for some reason or other

 

Pronominal Adverbs - Relative and

Demonstrative Adverbs

Relative pronominal adverbs:

 

Relative pronominal adverbs are used as conjunctive words in complex sentences.

где where                                            

куда where to              

откуда from where                              

когда when

как how                                                          

сколько how many/much

насколько how much                          

почему why,

зачём why

 

Я не знаю, где Сона живёт.

I do not know where Sona lives.

 

Мне известно, куда он пошёл.        

I know where he went.

 

Мне известно, откуда он   приехал.           

I know where he came from.

 

Мне известно, когда он приехал.   

I know when he came.

 

Demonstrative adverbs may be used as demonstrative words in complex sentences.

Винот был там, где Арун работает.

Vinod was where Arun lives.

 

Винот пойдёт туда, где  Арун живёт.

Vinod shall go where Arun lives.

 

Винот уйдёт тогда, когда Арун вернётся.

Vinod shall leave when Arun comes back.

 

Я пришёл сюда не за тем, что­бы спорить с вами.

I didn't come here to argue with you.

 

Negative pronominal Adverbs.

нигде nowhere (place)

никуда nowhere (direction)

ниоткуда from nowhere

никогда never

никак in no way

нисколько not at all

 

Negative pronominal adverbs with the particle ни- are used in negative personal sentences. In sentences which contain these adverbs the verb is invariably preceded by the negative particle не-.

нигде не нашёл did not find anywhere                       

никуда не ходил did not go anywhere

никогда не был never was                             

никак не мог could not in any way

нисколько не устал not tired at all

 

The particle ни is never stressed

Negative pronominal adverbs with the particle не-

негде nowhere (place)                                    

некуда nowhere (direction)

неоткуда from nowhere                      

незачем (there is) no need

некогда (one has) no time (there is) no time

 

Negative pronominal adverbs with the particle не- are used in impersonal sentences. In sentences which contain these adverbs the verb invariably takes the infinitive without the particle не. The noun or pronoun which denotes the person takes the dative. The stress invariably falls on the particle не: Adverbs with the particle не show the impossibility of an action owing to a lack of room, time or reason for it.

 

Мне негде расположиться.

There is nowhere for me to settle down.

 

Некуда положить вещи.

There is no place to put the things in.

 

Некогда пойти в кино.

There is no time to go to movie.

 

Тебе незачем ехать в дереню.

There is no need for you to go to the village.

 

Indefinite Pronominal Adverbs

Most indefinite adverbs are formed from  interrogative adverbs by means of the indefinite particles:

-то, -нибудь (-либо), кое-(кой-).

где-то somewhere (place)                               

где-нибудь somewhere (direction)

куда-нибудь somewhere (direction)    

куда-либо somewhere (direction)

когда-то once (upon a time)                            

когда-нибудь some day

кое-где here and there                                                

коеак somehow etc.

 

The particles-mo and -нибудъ are used with adverbs in the same way as with pronouns. Adverbs with the particle -mo are used when speaking of the place, time, cause or purpose of an action which is either unknown to the speaker or about which he has but a vague idea, but which may be known to his interlocutors.

 

Книга лежит где-то в шкафу;     

The book is somewhere in the book­case.

 

Почему-то он запаздывает. 

Не is late for some reason.

 

Она зачем-то открыла дверь.        

She opened the door for some reason.

 

Adverbs with the particle -нибудь are used when speaking of the place, time, cause or purpose of an action about which no one has a clear idea or towards which the speaker is totally indifferent.

 

Положи вещи куда-нибудь.

Put the things somewhere

 

Если он почему-нибудь опоздает, то мы не будем его ждать.

If he is late for some reason or other we shall not wait for him.

 

Когда они зачем-нибудь открывала дверь, в комнату врывался холодный ветер.

When she opened the door for some reason or other a cold wind burst into the room.

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