# Adverbs

## さすが

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	<p><span class="box">さすが</span></p>
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	<p class="r">+ に + V</p>
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	<p><span class="box">さすが</span></p>
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	<p class="r">+ の + N</p>
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Means "as expected".

> [!info] Example
> ==さすが==のオランダ人、{自転車|じてんしゃ}で{通|かよ}う。
> As expected of a Dutch, they commute by bicycle.

## そんなに

Means "so much" or "like that".
Not used with nouns.

⚠ It is applied to the following word, not the preceding one.

> [!info] Example
> {僕|ぼく}は{卵|たまご}が==そんなに==好きじゃない。
> I don't like eggs that much.

## なかなか～ない

This form means that an effort has been made, but no outcome happens. Can be translated as "not easy to", "not able to", "hardly", "not at all".
This form is used with a verb in the negative form (ない).

> [!info] Example
> 雨だから、==なかなか==タクシーが来てい==ません==。
> Because of the rain, it's not easy to get a taxi.
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> ==なかなか==お酒止めるでき==ない==。
> It is not easy to stop drinking.