When can an adverb use の to modify a noun


In this sentence

> 僕はまったくのひとりぼっちで、まわりには誰もいない。

the adverb まったく uses の to modify ひとりぼっち (which I'm assuming is a noun in this
context. I'll come back to that.) How do you know when an adverb can be used
in this way? I've seen the same thing done with たくさん.

On a side note I'm confused about the sentence as a whole. I think ひとりぼっち
translates as loneliness or solitude and I'm assuming that the で here is the
-て form of the copula (だ). So the first half of the sentence becomes

> I am complete loneliness, and ...

which doesn't quite make sense. Thanks.




Some words can be combined with の. These are called の-adjectives. Many are
adverbs that become adjectives. The most common ones that can be used with の
are たくさん、多い、and ほとんど. 多い is special. When used before the noun it changes to
多く

Example:

> １）車が **たくさん** あります。There are a lot of cars.
>
> 風で **たくさんの** 木が倒れました。Due to the wind, many trees collapsed.
>
> ２）人が **多い** です。 There are many people.
>
> **多くの** 人は親切です。Many people are kind.
>
> ３）前に勉強したことを **ほとんど** 忘れました。I forgot almost everything I studied before.
>
> **ほとんどの** りんごは赤いです。Most apples are red.

The で is the sentence does not translate into "and". It has a few uses. It can
be used to link sentences, similar to our use of a semi-colon ";". It can also
be used in situation meaning "by means of". But this is not stated when
translating the sentence.

Thus is can be "I am completely alone; no one is here." or "(By means of)
Being completely alone, no one is here.

一人で is the same. "(by means of) being one person". i.e. by myself/alone




Some words can be combined with の. These are called の-adjectives. Many are
adverbs that become adjectives. The most common ones that can be used with の
are たくさん、多い、and ほとんど. 多い is special. When used before the noun it changes to
多く

Example:

> １）車が **たくさん** あります。There are a lot of cars.
>
> 風で **たくさんの** 木が倒れました。Due to the wind, many trees collapsed.
>
> ２）人が **多い** です。 There are many people.
>
> **多くの** 人は親切です。Many people are kind.
>
> ３）前に勉強したことを **ほとんど** 忘れました。I forgot almost everything I studied before.
>
> **ほとんどの** りんごは赤いです。Most apples are red.

The で is the sentence does not translate into "and". It has a few uses. It can
be used to link sentences, similar to our use of a semi-colon ";". It can also
be used in situation meaning "by means of". But this is not stated when
translating the sentence.

Thus is can be "I am completely alone; no one is here." or "(By means of)
Being completely alone, no one is here.

一人で is the same. "(by means of) being one person". i.e. by myself/alone

