Adverbes Flashcards
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What are adverbs
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An adverb is a word that is used to change, modify or qualify several types of words including an adjective, a verb, a clause, another adverb.
A good way to understand adverbs is to think about them as the words that provide context. Specifically, adverbs provide a description of how, where, when, in what manner and to what extent something is done or happens. Normally, we can spot an adverb by the fact that it often ends in –ly, but there are lots of adverbs that don’t end in this way. Moreover, adverbs can be used in many combinations with each other.
- They walk quickly
- The pupil reads quite easily
- She’s very hardworking
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Rather, enough
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Assez (de)
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Also
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Aussi
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A lot of
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Beaucoup de
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Still, yet
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Encore
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Generally
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En général
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Always
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Toujours
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Very
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Très
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Fairly, rather
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Assez
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Enough
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Assez de
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And
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Et
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Here
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Ici
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Today
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Aujourd’hui
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Over there
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Là-bas
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Also
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Aussi
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Now
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Maintenant
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Much, many, a lot
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Beaucoup (de)
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But
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Mais
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Very well
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Bien
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Or
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Ou
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Therefore, so
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Donc
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Sometimes
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Parfois
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Hardly, not
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Peu
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Often
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Souvent
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Plutôt
Rather
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Always
Toujours
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Sometimes
Quelquefois
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Rarely
Rarement
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Too, too much
Trop (de)
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If
Si
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A little
Un peu (de)
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Badly
Mal
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Fast, quickly
Vite
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Adverbs usually follow \_\_\_\_\_, coming after ____ in negative construction.s
Adverbs usually follow verbs, coming after pas in negative constructions
\*Claude n'est pas très actif, et il mange beaucoup. (Claude is not very active and he eats a lot)
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When adverbs modify adjectives they are in front or behind adjective?
When adverbs modify adjectives they usually precede them.
\*Il est trop gros (He is too fat)
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Where is the adverb if it modifies the entire sentence or in verb+verb construction?
Adverbs that modify an entire sentence may be placed at the beginning of the sentence. In verb verb constructions, the French adverb usually follows the verb that it modifies.
\***Heureusement**, Claude va **bientôt** commencer à suivre un régime. (**Luckily**, Claude is **soon** going to start a diet.)
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Adverbs regarding time and space are placed where in the sentence?
Adverbs of time and place are usually placed at the beginning or end of a sentence.
\*Ils vont passer nous voir **demain**. (They're going to come by to see us **tomorrow**)
\***Demain**, ils vont passer nous voir. (**Tomorrow**, they're going to come by to see us)
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How are a number of adverbs formed from adjectives?
A number of adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding the ending -ment, often corresponding to -ly in English.
* If the masculine form of the adjective ends in a vowel, -ment is usually added to the masculine form of the adjective to make the adverb.
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Absolute
Absolu
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Absolutely
Absolument
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Admirable
Admirable
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Admirably
Admirablement
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True
Vrai
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truly, really
Vraiment
## Footnote
\*Fait-elle **vraiment** la cuisine tous les soirs? (Does she **really** do the cooking every evening?)
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If the masculine form of the adverb ends in a constant , what is usually added to the adverb?
If the masculine form of the adjective ends in a consonant, -ment is usu- ally added to the feminine form to make the adverb.
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Active (m and f)
Actif (m) and active (f)
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Actively
Activement
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Soft, gentle (m and f)
Doux (m) and douce (f)
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Softly, gently
Doucement
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False (m,f)
Faux (m) and fausse (f)
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Falsely
Faussement
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Frank (m,f)
Franc (m) and franche (f)
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Frankly
Franchement
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Happy (m,f)
Heureux (m) and heureuse (f)
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Fortunately, happily
Heureusement
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Slow (m,f)
Lent (m) and lente (f)
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Slowly
Lentement
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Brief (m,f)
Bref (m) and brève (f)
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Briefly
Brièvement
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Nice, polite
Gentil (m) and gentille (f)
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Nicely
Gentiment
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If the masculine form of the adjective ends in ____ or \_\_\_\_, the corresponding adverbs have the endings _____ and \_\_\_\_\_.
If the masculine form of the adjective ends in -ent or -ant, the corre- sponding adverbs have the endings -emment (for -ent) and -amment (for -ant).
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Constant (masculine adjective)
Constant
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Constantly (masculine adverbs)
Constamment
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Different (masculine adjective)
Différent
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Differently (masculine adverbs)
Différenment
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Evident (masculine adjective)
Évident
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Evidently, obviously (masculine adverb)
Évidemment
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To the right
À droite
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To the left
À gauche
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In back, behind
À l'arrière
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Outside
À l'extérieur
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Inside
À l'intérieur
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At the back, bottom
Au fond
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Early (morning)
De bonne heure
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Outside
Dehors
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already
Déjà
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In front, forward
En avant
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Downstairs, down
En bas
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Right now
En ce moment
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Upstairs, up
En haut
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Still, yet
Encore
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Here
Ici
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There, over there
Là, là-bas
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Up there
Là-haut
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Far
Loin
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Now
Maintenant
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No longer
Ne...plus
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Sometimes
Parfois
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Worse
Plus mal
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almost
Presque
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Sometimes
Quelquefois
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Often
Souvent
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So much
Tant
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Late
Tard
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Early
Tôt
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Always
Toujours
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In a while; a while ago
Tout à l'heure
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Immediately
Tout de suite
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Straight ahead
Tout droit
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Nearby
Tout près
