Russian grammar: adverbs

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Adverbs of Place

Russian has two sets of adverbs for place, one set for location, and one for direction:

meaning	Location	Direction
here	здесь (тут = colloquial)	сюда
there	там	туда
where	где	куда
from where?		откуда
from here		отсюда
over there	вон там
home	дома	домой
far	далеко
not far	недалеко
near/ nearby	близко	рядом
indoors	внутри

examples

Они здесь. Иди сюда!

They are here. Come here!

Лифт там. Мы идём туда.

The elevator is there. We are going there.

Марк дома. Марк идёт домой.

Mark is home. Mark is going home.

Где вы? Куда идёте?

Where are you? Where are you going?

Adverbs of time

вдруг - suddenly
сразу - immediately
давно - (already) for a long time
сейчас - now
теперь - now
скоро - soon
сначала - in the beginning
наконец - finally, in the end
рано - early
поздно - late
однажды - one day, once
потом - then, after that
долго - long

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