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:* The gerund is identical to the present participle, but with final ''-te'' replaced by -''do''; | :* The gerund is identical to the present participle, but with final ''-te'' replaced by -''do''; | ||
:* Keep in mind that the gerund is an adverb, not an adjective, and so it does not agree in gender and number. The ending is always ''-o''. | :* Keep in mind that the gerund is an adverb, not an adjective, and so it does not agree in gender and number. The ending is always ''-o''. | ||
===Adverbs=== | |||
An adjective can be made into a modal adverb by adding ''-mente'' (from Latin “mente”, ablative of “mens” (mind), feminine noun) to the ending of the feminine singular form of the adjective. E.g. ''lenta'' “slow (feminine)” becomes ''lenta'''mente''''' “slowly”. Adjectives ending in ''-re'' or ''-le'' lose their ''e'' before adding ''-mente'' (''facile'' “easy” becomes ''facil'''mente''''' “easily”, ''particolare'' “particular” becomes ''particolar'''mente''''' “particularly”). | |||
These adverbs can also be derived from the [[w:#Degrees of comparison|absolute superlative]] form of adjectives, e.g. ''lent'''issima'''mente'' (“very slowly"). | |||
There is also a plethora of temporal, local, modal and interrogative adverbs, mostly derived from Latin. | |||
===Romance copula=== | ===Romance copula=== | ||