Adverbs are words which you use to describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb To form French adverbs, you usually add –ment to the feminine form of the adjective: Normal > normale >> normalement Heureux > heureuse >> heureusement If the adjective ends in a vowel, add –ment to the masculine form: Timide >> timidement Vrai >> vraiment A few exceptions: - change the final –e to é before adding –ment Précis >> précisément - change final –ent/-ant to –emment/-amment Prudent >> prudemment Brilliant >> brillamment Adverbs usually follow the verb: souvent Elle y va Adverbs often come before an adjective or another adverb: C’est un très beau film. Je l’ai vraiment beaucoup aimé. Comparative and superlative with an adverb: Il parle plus lentement que le prof Il parle anglais moins couramment que Marc Il joue aussi mal que Delphine le moins prudemment Mon frère conduit 13. Negatives Ne…pas Not Ne… jamais Never Ne … rien Nothing, not anything Ne … personne Nobody, not anybody Ne… plus No longer, no more, not any more
Adverbs are words which you use to describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb To form French adverbs, you usually add –ment to the feminine form of the adjective: Normal > normale >> normalement Heureux > heureuse >> heureusement If the adjective ends in a vowel, add –ment to the masculine form: Timide >> timidement Vrai >> vraiment A few exceptions: - change the final –e to é before adding –ment Précis >> précisément - change final –ent/-ant to –emment/-amment Prudent >> prudemment Brilliant >> brillamment Adverbs usually follow the verb: Elle y va souvent Adverbs often come before an adjective or another adverb: C’est un très beau film. Je l’ai vraiment beaucoup aimé. Comparative and superlative with an adverb: Il parle plus lentement que le prof Il parle anglais moins couramment que Marc Il joue aussi mal que Delphine Mon frère conduit le moins prudemment 13. Negatives Ne…pas Ne… jamais Ne … rien Ne … personne Ne… plus Not Never Nothing, not anything Nobody, not anybody No longer, no more, not any more
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