Learn Spanish (Latin America): Necesito el dinero inmediatamente.

Necesito el dinero inmediatamente.

I need the money immediately.

Breakdown of Necesito el dinero inmediatamente.

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Questions & Answers about Necesito el dinero inmediatamente.

How did we form the word inmediatamente?

To make an adverb ending in -mente (which works just like the English ending -ly), you start with the adjective. Here, the base adjective is inmediato (immediate). You must first change it to its feminine form, inmediata, and then add -mente to the end to get inmediatamente.

Why doesn't inmediatamente have an accent mark?

When building a -mente adverb, the new word keeps the written accent mark only if the original adjective had one. Since the base word inmediato does not have an accent mark, inmediatamente doesn't get one either.

Does inmediatamente have to go at the very end of the sentence?

While placing adverbs of time or manner at the end of a sentence is very common and natural, Spanish word order is quite flexible. You could also say Necesito inmediatamente el dinero, though placing it at the end flows perfectly here.

Why isn't the word yo (I) at the beginning of the sentence?

The verb ending already tells us who the subject is. The -o at the end of Necesito means exactly I need. You can include yo at the start for extra emphasis, but native speakers usually drop it.