Common Adverbs

There are two common suffixes involved with creating adverbs. There isn’t too much of a difference between them, so these kinds of adverbs neeed to be memorised.

-l/-ul/-ül

Among other things, -ul,-ül is used to turn adjectives into adverbs. Naturally front-voweled adjectives take the -ül ending, back-voweled -ul and those ending in vowels get -l.

• Jól - (Well) From jó
• Rosszul - (Badly) From rossz
• Makacsul - (Stubbornly) From makacs
• Remekül - (Superbly) From remek
• Egyedül - (Alone)

It is also used to show the language someone speaks.

• Magyarul - (lit. Hungarianly) From magyar
• Angolul - (lit. Englishly) From angol
• Németül - (lit. Germanly) From német
• Finnül - (lit. Finnishly) From finn

-n/-an/-en/-on

Front-voweled words take -en, back-voweled words take -an,-on and words ending in vowels take -n. This is done to adjectives.

Gyorsan - (Quickly) From gyors
Gyakran - (Frequently) From gyakor 
Csendesen - (Silently) From csend
Szépen - (Beautifully/Nicely) From szép
Nagyon - (Very) From nagy
Gazdagon - (Richly) From gazdag
Ritkán - (Rarely) From ritka

However gyakor is hardly used in practice.

There are some adjectives that can become adverbs from either ending. E.g. piszkos

• Figyeltem a kresz tablákra piszkosul. - (Lyric: I paid attention to the traffic signs like crazy!)
• Figyeltem a kresz tablákra piszkosan. - (I paid attention to the traffic signs dirtily (physically))

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