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Ona zawsze uważnie czyta dokumenty.

Ona zawsze uważnie czyta dokumenty.
She always reads documents carefully.
From Lesson 108:Forming adverbs from adjectives (-o, -e)·Polish

Breakdown of Ona zawsze uważnie czyta dokumenty.

ona
she / it (f)
czytać
to read
zawsze
always
dokument
document
uważny
careful

Questions & Answers about Ona zawsze uważnie czyta dokumenty.

How is the adverb uważnie formed from its adjective?
The adjective for the word careful is uważny. To make it an adverb, we drop the -y and add -ie. Notice that the -i- softens the n sound before the e, which is why the ending becomes -nie.
The current lesson covers adverbs ending in -o and -e. Why does uważnie take the -e ending?
Adjectives that end in -ny (like uważny, smutny, or piękny) almost always form their adverbs by changing the ending to -nie. The -o ending is typically used for adjectives ending in other hard consonants, like drogi becoming drogo.
Is the word order strict here? Could I put the adverb at the end and say Ona zawsze czyta dokumenty uważnie?
You can, because Polish word order is flexible! However, placing adverbs of time and manner (like zawsze and uważnie) right before the verb is the most natural and common way to phrase this in everyday Polish.
Why doesn't the plural word dokumenty change its ending after the verb?
The word dokumenty is the direct object of the verb czyta, so it is in the accusative case. For inanimate objects (things, not people or animals), the plural accusative form is exactly the same as the plural nominative form. So, the spelling stays exactly the same.

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