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Like English, most Hebrew adverbs are similar to adjectives — just with different endings. When you use an adjective as an adverb, you don't conjugate it; it stays in the masculine singular form. Here are a couple of examples:

 הוּא כּוֹתֵב יָפֶה (hoo koh-tehv yah-feh; He writes nicely.)

 הִיא כּוֹתֶבֶת יָפֶה (hee koh-teh-veht yah-feh; She writes nicely.)

Note that although the pronoun and the verb conjugation changes — in this case from masculine singular to feminine singular — the adverb remains unchanged.

You can also make an adverb by adding the prefix בְּ’ (buh; in or with) to a noun. שִׂמְחָה (seem-chah; happiness), for example, becomes בְּשִׂמְחָה (buh-seem-chah; happily).

A third way to make an adverb is to take an adjective and add the suffix ut (oot) to make a noun. Then you add the prefix בְּשִׂמְחָה (buh; in or with) to make the adverb. עָדִין (ah-deen; gentle), for example, becomes עֲדִינוּת (ah-dee-noot; gentleness), and with a prefix בַּ, it becomes בעדינות (buh-ah-dee-noot; gently).

A fourth way to make an adverb is to add the word בְּאֹפֶן (buh-oh-fehn; in the way of) in front of an adjective. אוֹהוֹמָתִי (oh-toh-mah-tee; automatic), for example, becomes בְּאֹפֶן אוֹהוֹמָתִי (buh-oh-fehn oh-toh-mah-tee; automatically).

Table 2-9 lists some common adverbs.

TABLE 2-9 Common Adverbs

Hebrew	Pronunciation	Translation
בְּאֹפֶן סֵדֶר	buh-oh-fehn sah-deer	regularly
בְּסֵדֶר	buh-seh-dehr	okay
בְּשִׂמְחָה	buh-sim-chah	gladly
בְּסוֹדִיּוּת	buh-soh-dee-yoot	secretly
בִּמְהִירוּת	bim-hee-root	quickly, speedily
בִּבְרָכָה	beev-rah-chah	blessedly
דָּבְקָה	dahv-kah	ironically, spitefully
הֵיהֵב	heh-tehv	well
לְאַה	luh-aht	slowly
מָהִיר	mah-hehr	quickly
מְאֻחָר	meh-oo-ḥar	late
מֻקְדָּם	mook-dahm	early
יָפֶה	yah-feh	nicely