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The complementary adverbs are those adverbs that clarify something. In certain cases this clarification is necessary to make sense of the sentence, and in other cases it is an accessory clarification. For example: Tomorrow, Saturday, we will travel first thing in the morning.
Adverbial complements can be different types of adverbs, although adverbs of time are more frequent (yesterday now) and place (here, there) for clarification. Less frequent will be in adjectives that have a complete meaning by themselves, such as affirmation (yes), negation (no, no) or doubt.
The most common syntactic function of adverbs is to be the nuclei of circumstantial complements. Complementary adverbs have the particularity of being part of those same complements.
The syntactic function of the term that accompanies the adverb itself varies depending on the case, but in general it is treated as a separate expression, in the same way as the apposition in the subject (even, like the apposition, it is common for the adverbial complement to be expressed between explanatory commas).
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Examples of adverbial complements
Ten examples of sentences with adverbial complements will be listed below, highlighting the constructions and their complement in bold.
- Tomorrow Saturday We will go first thing in the morning.
- Studied quite a lot, practically all the contents of the exam, except those in which I was evaluated.
- He told me he was close, a few blocks from the plaza.
- Soon, in a few minutesI'll go out never to come back
- Wait for me inside, near the speakers.
- Always, every single day that you called, I was there listening to your problems.
- I guess it was that's why, because I didn't speak to her all week, which finally got angry.
- The day of today, august thirteenth, will be remembered forever in the hearts of our people.
- Later, when I finish studyingI'll call you to talk.
- I will always be there, where you need it most.
- Today I take an exam at school.
- Today, in a few hours, the elections begin.
- Yes, we will partner with our competition.
- Monday, on birthday, you're going to meet my boyfriend.
- We came first as usual, and we sat at the best table.
- In the afternoon when they all leaveI'll tell you the truth
- In Barcelona, where my parents live, there is a very nice neighborhood that I want to take you to.
- Yesterday, when you called me, She was very angry.
- In that bar where we met, now they put a hotel.
- No, I don't have time for this discussion.
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