using 〜ば〜ほど with adverbs


You can use this construct with verbs:

食べれば食べるほど太る

and with adjectives:

ジェットコースターは高ければ高いほど楽しい

but what about adverbs?

if, for example, I wanted to say of a windmill "the faster it turns, the more
power it generates"?




I think the construction works for adverbs as per the construction Chocolate
gives in the comment.

In particular, the simple rule is:

> _The adverb will go with a verb. Use the construction on the verb._

This gets you what you want, because ほど refers to the extent it does [V]
[Adv]; here it refers to the extent it turns fast. Compare the rough
translations:

>   1. 回れば発電する。  
>  If it turns, it generates power.
>
>   2. 速く回れば回るほど発電する。  
>  If it turns fast, it generates power to the extent to which it turns
> (fast). _or_  
>  If it turns fast, the extent to which it turns is reflected in the power it
> generates.  
>  _that is_  
>  **The faster it turns, the more power it generates.**
>
>




I think the construction works for adverbs as per the construction Chocolate
gives in the comment.

In particular, the simple rule is:

> _The adverb will go with a verb. Use the construction on the verb._

This gets you what you want, because ほど refers to the extent it does [V]
[Adv]; here it refers to the extent it turns fast. Compare the rough
translations:

>   1. 回れば発電する。  
>  If it turns, it generates power.
>
>   2. 速く回れば回るほど発電する。  
>  If it turns fast, it generates power to the extent to which it turns
> (fast). _or_  
>  If it turns fast, the extent to which it turns is reflected in the power it
> generates.  
>  _that is_  
>  **The faster it turns, the more power it generates.**
>
>

