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Adverbials of Manner

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Adverbials of Manner

Adverbials give more information about verbs. Adverbs give information about how, when or where the verb is happening.

Adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner

  • Adverbs of manner tell us how the verb is being done.
  • In English, adverbs of manner often end in '-ly'.
    • quick → quickly
Adding '-ment'

Adding '-ment'

  • In French, you add ‘-ment’ to an adjective to make an adverb.
    • This is the same as adding ‘-ly’ to an English adjective.
Formation

Formation

  • First, take the adjective in the feminine form
  • This usually means adding the letter 'e' at the end
    • rapide
  • Then, add 'ment'.
    • rapide → rapidement - quickly
Examples

Examples

  • absolument - absolutely
  • actuellement - currently
  • certainement - certainly
Other examples

Other examples

  • dernièrement - lastly
  • facilement - easily
  • heureusement - happily, fortunately
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Family & Home

1.1

Family

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Numbers

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Lifestyle

2.1

Sports and games

2.1.1Games2.1.2Sports: Jouer2.1.3Other Sports: Jouer2.1.4Sports: Faire2.1.5Other Sports: Faire
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Grammar

4.1

Negatives

4.1.1Using Not
4.2

Nouns

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4.3

Adjectives

4.3.1French Adjectives4.3.2Singular Adjectives4.3.3Plural Adjectives4.3.4Possessive Adjectives
4.4

Verbs

4.4.1Verbs4.4.2Verbs Pronouns
4.5

Adverbs

4.5.1Adverbials of Manner4.5.2Adverbials of Manner: Good, Badly, Fast4.5.3Adverbials of Time4.5.4Adverbials of Place
4.6

Present Tense

4.6.1Regular ER Verbs4.6.2Common ER Verbs: Parler4.6.3Common ER Verbs: Porter4.6.4Common ER Verbs: Rester4.6.5Avoir - To Have4.6.6Être - To Be4.6.7Faire - To Do4.6.8Aller - To Go
4.7

Future Tense

4.7.1Future Tense
4.8

Conjunctions

4.8.1To Make Sentences Longer4.8.2To Add Extra Information (1/2)4.8.3To Add Extra Information (2/2)

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Verbs Pronouns

Adverbials of Manner: Good, Badly, Fast