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My question is that can all adjectives be turned into adverbs. I know that, technically speaking, they can, but would the adverb itself make sense?
Let me give you an example: ながい －－＞ながく (Meaning: Long)
So the adjective of that word is Long. the translation of its adverb is “Longly”. See what I mean? What I want to know that, will ながく since Japanese is a whole different system than english?
One very common way that adverbs are used in Japanese that differs from English is that, in Japanese they are often used with the verb なる (“to become” or “to get”), while in English we would use the adjective, not the adverb.
For example:
J: さむく なる – さむい(adv form) + なる(verb)
E: to get cold – to get(verb) + cold(adj)So, for ながい, you could use it in the sentence: ながくなったねぇぇぇ！
I’ll leave the translation up to you.ながい can mean “long” in the temporal sense as well, such as in:
ながく つづく - to continue for a long time
ながく はたらく – to work for a long time-
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Roger roger. ありがとう
Roger roger. ありがとう
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