adverbs
adverbs describe the action of a verb
answers questions such as “where”, “when”, “how”, “how long”, or “how often”
can be used for aknist akk verbs
ex : edouard cuisine bien - edouard cooks well
an adverb may also qualify for an adjective or another adjective
qualify in this setting means that the adverb adds more meaning to the word that comes after it.
qualifying adverbs can come before a verb, noun, adverb or adjective to provide it with more context
ex : edouward cusine tres bien (edward cooks very well)
tres qualifies bien and both describe the action of the verb cusiner
common adverbs
manner | bien - well | mal - badly | vite - quickly |
|---|---|---|---|
time | souvent - oftenjamais - neverbientôt - soonmaintenant - now | quelquefois - sometimestôt - earlyaujourd’hui - todaydéjà - already | toujours - alwaystard - latehier - yesterdaydemain - tomorrow |
place | dedans - insidelà - there | dehors - outsidepartout - everywhere | ici -herequelque part - somewhere |
quantity or degree | beaucoup - a lotassez - enough | très - verypeu - little, not much | trop - verypeut-être - little, not much |
sequence | d’abord - at firstdonc - thus | puis - then, nextenfin - finally | alors - then, so |
large number of french adverbs are derived from adjectives
forming adverbs :
most adverbs
start with feminine singular form of the adjective
add -ment
exception: gentiment is from the adjective gentil
fem. sing adjective | adverb | definition |
|---|---|---|
finale | finalement | finally |
forte | fortement | strongly |
parfaite | parfaitement | perfectly |
extreme | extrêmement | extremely |
facile | facilement | easily |
rapide | rapidement | rapidly |
naturelle | naturellement | naturally |
complète | complètement | completely |
amère | amèrement | bitterly |
heureuse | heureusement | happily |
sérieuse | sérieusement | seriously |
douce | doucement | sweetly |
attentive | attemtivement | attentively |
franche | franchement | frankly |
longue | longuement | at length |
fraîche | fraîchement | freshly |
lente | lentement | slowly |
masc. singular form of adjectives that end in a vowel
add -ment
masc. sing adjective | adverb | definition |
|---|---|---|
poli | poliment | politely |
absolu | absolument | absolutely |
vrai | vraiment | truly, really |
modéré | modérément | moderately |
hardi | hardiment | attentively |
résolu | résolument | resolutely |
exceptions
masc. sing | fem. sing | adverb | definition |
|---|---|---|---|
gai | gaie | gaîment OR gaiement | gaily/happily |
fou | folle | follement | crazily |
nouveau | nouvelle | nouvellement | newly |
assidu | assidue | assidûment | attentively |
continu | continue | continûment | continually |
cru | crue | crûment | coarsely |
dû | dûe | dûement | duly |
adjectives that end in -ent and -ant
remove the -nt
add -mment
exceptions : lente - lentement (slowly, présent - présentement (presently), véhémente - véhémentement (vehemently)
masc sing. adjective | adverb | definition |
|---|---|---|
abundant | abondamment | abundantly |
brilliant | brillianmment | brilliantly |
constant | constamment | constantly |
courant | couramment | fluently |
puissant | puissamment | powerfully |
décent | décemment | decently |
évident | évidemment | evidently |
fréquent | fréquemment | frequently |
patient | patiemment | patiently |
prudent | prudemment | wisely |
récent | récemment | recently |
suffisant | suffisamment | sufficiently |
méchant | méchamment | wickedly, nastily |
accent aigu is added to the following adjectives to form adverbs
sometimes the silent E at the end of the adjective will turn into É when it turns into an adverb
this is to break up three consonant sounds in a row or to separate a strong consonant sound (ex: x from the –ment)
fem. sing. adjective | adverb | definition |
|---|---|---|
aveugle | aveuglément | blindly |
commode | commodément | conveniently |
commune | communément | commonly |
confuse | confusément | confusingly |
énorme | énormément | enormously |
exquise | exquisément | exquisitely |
importune | importunément | importunely |
opportune | opportunément | opportunely |
obscure | obscurément | obscurely |
precise | précisément | precisely |
profonde | profondément | profoundly, deeply |
uniforme | uniformément | uniformly |
exceptions
ones that have no rules that they follow whatsoever!
these ones can’t be made into adverbs !! instead we use a prepositional phrase to express the meaning!!
masc. sing. adjective | fem. sing. adjective | adverb | definition |
|---|---|---|---|
charmant | charmante | d’un ton charmont | in a charming tone |
content | contente | d’une manière content | in a happy manner |
givré | givrée | d’un air givré | witha frosty attitude |
répugnant | répugnante | de facon répugnant | in a repugnant way |
they’d be the only exception but there are too many for it to be unique
more exceptions!!!
masc. sing. adjective | fem. sing. adjective | adverb | definition |
|---|---|---|---|
bref | brève | brièvement | briefly |
gentil | gentill | gentiment | nicely |
impuni | impunie | impunément | with impunity |
bon | bonne | bien | well |
mauvais | mauvaise | mal | badly |
meilleur | meilleure | mieux | better |
petit | petite | peu | little |
moindre | moindre | moins | less |
quand j’ai fait cet feuille, j’ai voulu pleurer
i think i went through the WHOLE speak now tv album while working on this
adding the teams notes ones were not funn
also one of the attentives might be boldly?? idk