4.5.2

Adverbials of Manner: Good, Badly, Fast

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Good, Badly, Fast

‘Well’, ‘badly’, and ‘fast’ don’t have ‘-ment’ at the end in French.

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Well

  • 'Bien' means 'well' in French.
  • Je joue bien au foot.
    • I play football well.
  • Elle parle bien français.
    • She speaks French well.
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Bad

  • 'Mauvais' means 'bad' in French.
  • To say 'badly', 'mauvais' becomes 'mal'.
  • Je joue mal au tennis.
    • I play tennis badly.
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Fast

  • The word for 'fast' in French is 'vite'.
  • 'Vite' stays the same when it is an adverb.
  • Vous courriez vite.
    • You run fast.

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