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    Lesson 16 - Basic French

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    This document discusses how to form French adverbs and their placement. Most French adverbs end in "-ment" like English adverbs ending in "-ly". To form an adverb, "-ment" is added to the feminine singular form of the adjective. However, if the masculine adjective ends in a vowel or "-ent"/"-ant", "-ment" is directly added or the ending is removed first. Adverbs like "très", "assez", and "trop" usually precede adjectives while adverbs like "toujours", "souvent", "jamais", and others follow verbs.

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    This document discusses how to form French adverbs and their placement. Most French adverbs end in "-ment" like English adverbs ending in "-ly". To form an adverb, "-ment" is added to the feminine singular form of the adjective. However, if the masculine adjective ends in a vowel or "-ent"/"-ant", "-ment" is directly added or the ending is removed first. Adverbs like "très", "assez", and "trop" usually precede adjectives while adverbs like "toujours", "souvent", "jamais", and others follow verbs.

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    This document discusses how to form French adverbs and their placement. Most French adverbs end in "-ment" like English adverbs ending in "-ly". To form an adverb, "-ment" is added to the feminine singular form of the adjective. However, if the masculine adjective ends in a vowel or "-ent"/"-ant", "-ment" is directly added or the ending is removed first. Adverbs like "très", "assez", and "trop" usually precede adjectives while adverbs like "toujours", "souvent", "jamais", and others follow verbs.

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    Adverb endings

    Most French adverbs end in -ment, like -ly in English, eg gnralement.


    To form an adverb, you need to add -ment to the feminine singular form of the adjective.
    For example the masculine singular of heureux --> feminine singular heureuse and adds -
    ment --> heureusement.
    But when the masculine singular adjective ends in a vowel, just add -ment to it:
    joli --> joliment
    libre --> librement
    When the masculine adjective ends in -ent or -ant remove the -ent or -ant and add -
    emment:
    rcent --> rcemment
    -amment, suffisant --> suffisamment
    Adverbs before the adjective
    Adverbs like trs (very), assez (quite), trop (too) usually go before the adjective:
    Elle est trs belle (She's very beautiful)
    Ils sont assez beaux (They're quite handsome)
    Son manteau est trop grand (His coat is too big)
    Adverbs after the verb
    Adverbs
    like toujours (always), souvent (often), jamais (never), quelquefois(sometimes), vite (quickl
    y), bien (well), mal (badly), beaucoup (a lot), tard (late) go after the verb:
    Elle arrive toujours en retard (She's always late)
    Nous travaillons beaucoup (We work a lot)

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