Grammaire Les adverbes


An adverb describes how the verb is being done. In English, most adverbs are formed by adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective (slowSlowly).


In French, an adverb is created by adding -ment to the feminine of the adjective.


masculine feminine adverb heureux lent fou


heureuse lente folle


heureusement fortunately lentement follement


madly If the adjective ends in a vowel, add -ment to the masculine form.


Eg: vrai vraiment (truly) facile facilement (easily) If an adjective ends in -ant or -ent, change -ant to -amment and -ent to -emment.


Eg: évident évidemment (obviously) récent récemment (recently) suffisant suffisamment (sufficiently)


• Irregular adverbs include: adjective gentil


bon


mauvais meilleur vite


good kind bad


better quick


translation adverb bien


gentiment mal


mieux vite


translation well


kindly badly better


quickly


• Other adverbs not derived from adjectives include: bientôt


soon


d’habitude déjà


ensuite parfois sinon


toujours


usually already then


sometimes otherwise always


The adverb usually comes before the verb. 109


translation slowly


cependant


de temps en temps encore jamais


pourtant souvent


however


from time to time again never


however often


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