Learn Polish: Ona zawsze uważnie czyta dokumenty. - She always reads documents carefully.

Ona zawsze uważnie czyta dokumenty.

She always reads documents carefully.

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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?