Adverbs Flashcards

(44 cards)

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En face:

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  • Opposite,
  • In front of something
  • across from
  • face to face
  • The bakery is opposite the butcher’s.
    Le boulangerie se trouve en face de la boucherie.
  • je ne pense pas que Christian lui dise ça en face à face.
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Aussitôt :

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  • immediately, straight away, right away.
    J’ai appelé le plombier et il est venu aussitôt.
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Davantage:

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  • more, harder
  • Je ne veux pas en entendre davantage !
  • Il faut que tu travailles davantage.
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En ravanche:
(Loc adv: locution adverbial, adverbial phrase)
- endurant
- Endurer

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on the other hand
- Ce cheval n’est pas rapide mais en revanche il est très endurant.
- resistent, tough, hardy
- endure
- bear

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Plutôt :

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rather

Je préférerais acheter une petite maison plutôt qu’un grand appartement.

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Hélas:

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Alas!, Unfortunately, sadly

Hélas. Il n’y est pas parvenu!

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Assurément :

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certainly

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Ne …. Aucunement:
Ne …. Jamais:
Ne….. Plus:
Ne rien:

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in no way
never
no longer
nothing

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Alors:

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so, since , then

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Ardent /ardemment :

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raging, burning, intense, fervant

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Brillant/Brillamment :

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bright/brightly

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12
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Franc/Franchement :

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Frank/Frankly

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Gais/Gaiement;

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cheerful/happy, happily/joyfully

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14
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Polie/Poliment:

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Polite, politely

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Sagement :

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Calmly, Composedly, Paitiently

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16
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Many French adverbs are formed by adding -ment to the end of of feminine form of adjective.

When an adjective ends in a vowel in the masculine form, the adverb is formed by simply adding -ment.

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-

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In Passé composé, short adverbs come after the auxillary verb and long adverbs follow the past participle.

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-

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Autrefois:

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Bientot:

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En fin:

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En même temps:

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Jadis:

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Parfois:

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Soudain :

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Tout à coup:
-
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En bas:
-
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En haut:
-
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Ailleurs:
-
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Nulle part:
-
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Tant:
so
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Par ailleurs :
besides, moreover
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Par conséquence :
by result
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Pourtant:
yet
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Cependant :
however
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Toute de même :
all the same
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Toutefois:
however
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Surtout :
specially
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Ainsi:
so
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Debout:
upright/standing up
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D'habitude:
as usual
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Par bonheur:
luckily
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Certes:
ofcourse
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Volontiers:
willingly
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Néanmoins (pourtant) :
nevertheless, however, nonetheless