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  1. An adverb describes a verb close verb A word used to describe an action or state of being. or adjective close adjective Used to describe nouns and must agree with the nouns they are describing ...

    • 10 Types of French Adverbs
    • French Adverb Placement
    • 10 Common French Adverbs
    adverbs of frequency
    adverbs of manner (includes French adverb formation)
    adverbs of place
    adverbs of quantity

    Placement depends, to some extent, upon the type of adverb and the word that it is modifying. Here is a summary organized according to the type of adverb. 1. Short adverbs that modify a verb usually follow the conjugated verb. Remember that in compound tenses, the auxiliary verb is the conjugated verb, so the adverb follows that. 2. Adverbs of freq...

    Here are 10 common French adverbs that will prove useful. Assez(quite, fairly) 1. Il est assez bon. 2. "He is quite good." Toujours(always) 1. Vous regardez toujours ces émissions. 2. "You always watch these television shows." Parfois(sometimes) 1. Je vais parfois à la bibliothèque. 2. "I sometimes go to the library." Rarement(rarely) 1. Nous sorto...

  2. When an adverb is placed before the verb in a declarative sentence, we usually put this adverb after the second part of the negation (pas) in negative sentences. Exceptions are : certainement, généralement, peut-être, probablement, sans doute. Examples: Elle a bien testé la raquette. She tested the racquet well.

  3. Declension of French Nouns. French is spoken by 75 million native speakers in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, French Guyana etc. It's also the official language in numerous former French colonies. Every French noun has a grammatical gender, either masculine or feminine. As in English, nouns inflect for number. The plural is usually formed ...

  4. In French, there are suffixes that help to form a noun from a verb, especially in the domain of abstraction. You will understand them easily because the English language has inherited most of these French suffixes. Here are the main ones: -ment : raffiner -> raffinement, engager -> engagement, régler -> règlement, confiner -> confinement...

  5. And so is the case in French, some adverbs take an irregular form like: bon becomes bien (well), mauvais becomes mal (badly). The position of an adverb is almost like the position of an adjective sometimes it comes before or after the element it modifies. An adverb that modifies an adjective or adverb comes before that adjective or adverb.

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  7. Adverbs describe an adjective, a verb, another adverb or even an entire sentence. In contrast to adjectives, adverbs are invariable: they do not change their form to match the number and gender of the noun they are describing. Examples: Elles ont fait un très bon travail. They did a really good job. The adverb très describes the adjective bon.