Spanish 3.9.1. The Adverbs “Tan,” “Solo,” “También,” “Tampoco,” “Vez,” and “Veces”

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The Adverbs “Tan,” “Solo,” “También,” “Tampoco,” “Vez,” and “Veces” in Spanish are very common and useful to know. We will learn how to say expressions such as “me too” in Spanish.

The Adverb “Tan”

Another common adverb in Spanish is “tan,” which is often translated as “such or “so, for example:

¡Es un gato tan lindo!He is such a pretty cat.
¡Este gato es tan lindo!This cat is so pretty.

The Adverb “Solo”

The word “solo” can be used as an adjective or adverb. When used as an adverb, “solo” means “only or “just, and is synonymous with “solamente.” When used as an adjective, on the other hand, it means “alone.

The adverb used to be written with an accent as “sólo” until 2010, when the Real Academia Española (RAE) changed that rule, leaving it up to the context of a given sentence to determine the meaning. This leaves room for confusion in certain situations. For instance, the sentence “Trabajo solo los fines de semana” could mean “I work alone on weekends” or “I work only on weekends.”

The Adverbs “También” and “Tampoco”

The adverb “también” is used to express agreement with an affirmative statement, whereas the adverb “tampoco” is used to express agreement with a negative statement.

This is how we say “me too” and “me neither” in Spanish.

For example:

A: Yo hablo español.
B: Yo también.
A: I speak Spanish.
B: Me too.
A: Yo no hablo español.
B: Yo tampoco.
A: I don’t speak Spanish.
B: Me neither.

To show disagreement with affirmative and negative statements, we simply use “no(no) and “(yes), respectively, for example:

A: Yo hablo español.
B: Yo no.
A: I speak Spanish.
B: I don’t.
A: Yo no hablo español.
B: Yo .
A: I don’t speak Spanish.
B: I do.

If a verb like “gustar” is used, the subject pronoun is replaced with a prepositional “a” followed by the prepositional object pronoun. For example:

A: Me gusta el té.
B: A mí también.
A: I like tea.
B: Me too.
A: No me gusta el té.
B: A mí tampoco.
A: I don’t like tea.
B: Me neither.

Notice that “a mí también” here is translated as “me too, and “a mí tampoco” is translated as “me neither.

We apply the same concept in the case of disagreement, for example:

A: Me gusta el té.
B: A mí no.
A: I like tea.
B: I don’t.
A: No me gusta el té.
B: A mí .
A: I don’t like tea.
B: I do.

Adverbial Phrases with “Vez” and “Veces”

The feminine noun “vez” and its plural “veces” are used to describe the frequency of occurrence. The English equivalents are often “time, and its plural “times, e.g., “how many times did you win?” Here is a list of some adverbial phrases that use “vez”:

esta vezthis timerara vez [1]rarely seldom
la próxima veznext timela última vezlast time
cada vezeach time every timetal vezperhaps maybe
por primera vezfor the first timepor última vezfor the last time
a la vez [2]at the same timealguna vez [3]sometime once
en vez deinstead ofde vez en cuandofrom time to time
una vezone time oncea mi vezfor my part in my turn
otra vez [4]againcada vez menosless and less
[1] An alternative expression is “raramente.”

[2] An alternative expression is “al mismo tiempo.”

[3] If used in a question, it can also mean “ever, e.g., “¿Alguna vez has ido a Paraguay?(Have you ever been to Paraguay?).

[4] An alternative expression is “de nuevo.”

Examples of adverbial verbs that use the plural noun “veces” include:

a vecessometimestres vecesthree times
muchas vecesmany times oftenvarias vecesseveral times
algunas vecesat times sometimes¿Cuántas veces?How many times?

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