Using Common Adverbs of Frequency to Talk About Daily Habits - Part 1

Learn common adverbs of frequency used for daily habits

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Hi everybody, here's Paloma.

Welcome to Wipe Our Lessons.

Today's topic is Common Adverbs of Frequency to talk about Daily Habits.

Ok, so let's jump right into it.

First, let's see the adverbs.

Sempre

always

Todo dia

every day

Geralmente

usually

Às vezes

sometimes

Só

only

Quase nunca

almost never

Raramente

rarely

Notice that we have the both R's here.

Ha and Ra.

Raramente

ok?

Last one is nunca

nunca

never

now let's move on into the dialogue.

Você come de manhã?

Do you eat in the morning?

Sim, eu como pão todo dia.

Yes, I eat bread every day.

So here we have the adverb, todo dia, every day.

Ok, let's see some more examples.

Eu geralmente tomo café.

I usually drink coffee.

Café can mean both, coffee and it can also mean breakfast.

It's a short form to say café da manhã.

So it could also mean I usually take or eat breakfast.

Eu raramente tomo café da manhã em casa.

I rarely eat breakfast at home.

So you can see that we have two ways to use this pattern.

Eu, adverb and verb phrase or eu, verb phrase and adverb.

So as you know, eu means I and then you add the adverb, geralmente, raramente

and then the verb phrase.

And you can see the second pattern

eu, verb phrase, como tô and the adverb, todo dia.

So let's try with some more examples.

So we can change geralmente with sempre.

Eu sempre tomo café.

Or quase nunca.

Eu quase nunca tomo café.

I almost never eat breakfast or drink coffee.

We could also change this last one to another adverb.

Eu nunca tomo café da manhã em casa.

I never eat breakfast at home.

You could also change todo dia with another adverb.

For example, sim, eu como pão.

As vezes.

If you wanted to use another adverb from this list,

then you would have to use it before the verb phrase.

For example,

eu só como pão.

I only eat bread.

Eu geralmente como pão.

I usually eat bread.

In Brazil, we don't eat breakfast.

We take breakfasts.

And the funny thing is, the same verb, tomar, to take, also means to drink.

So that's why I mentioned it here.

In Toma um Café, it could also mean eat breakfast.

A common Brazilian breakfast always includes some coffee, of course.

We love coffee.

And we usually eat it with some French bread and butter.

We like to keep it light in the morning.

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