i-adjective adverbial (~く)
grammar140 sentences
I-adjectives form their adverbial form by replacing the final い with く: 早い→早く ('quickly'), 遠い→遠く ('far away'), 楽しい→楽しく ('enjoyably'), 上手い→上手く ('skillfully'). 早く走る ('run fast'), 硬く茹でる ('boil hard'). The same -く form also builds the negative (高くない) and past (高かった). Parallel to na-adjective + に.