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| ací
here
aquí here allí there allà (over) there amunt up arreu everywhere avall down baix downstairs dalt upstairs darrera in back of davant in front of dins, dintre inside en from there ençà towards this place endarrera, enrera back, behind endavant ahead, forward enlaire in the air; up enllà towards that place enlloc nowhere fins until fora out, outside hi to there on where lluny far (away) pertot everywhere pertot arreu everywhere prop near, close |
abans
before
ahir yesterday aleshores then alhora at the same time anit last night ara now aviat early, soon a voltes sometimes avui today demà tomorrow després afterwards de vegades sometimes ençà towards this time encara still, yet hui (Val.) today ja already l'endemà the day after llavors then mai never per sempre forever quan when sempre always sovint often suara before now |
àdhuc
even
fins even fins i tot even sí yes també also, too potser maybe tal vegada perhaps tal volta perhaps no no, not pas [adversative particle with no Eng. equiv.] (F. pas) tampoc not ... either, nor |
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| almenys
at
least
bastant enough gaire much (interrog. and neg.) gairebé almost gens too little mig not completely molt a lot, much, many només only, just poc little quant how much, how many quasi almost solament only, just sols only, just |
així
like
this, thus
aixina (Val.) like this, thus bé (ben) well com how ensems at the same time, together mal (malament) badly millor better pitjor worse tot [an intensifier with no English equiv.] |
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| abans
before,
beforehand, formerly
després afterwards, later primer first |
Catalan has an incredibly vast assortment
of adverbs and, especially, adverbial phrases of location. A characteristic
common to many of these adverbs is that the preposition a can be
added to them with no change whatsoever in either meaning or nuance. Thus,
baix
and a baix, dalt anda dalt, fora and
a fora
mean exactly the same, and there are many more such cases.
Degree
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