Adverbials of Manner: Good, Badly, Fast
French: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.5.2
Good, Badly, Fast
‘Well’, ‘badly’, and ‘fast’ don’t have ‘-ment’ at the end in French.
Well
- 'Bien' means 'well' in French.
- Je joue bien au foot.
- I play football well.
- Elle parle bien français.
- She speaks French well.
Bad
- 'Mauvais' means 'bad' in French.
- To say 'badly', 'mauvais' becomes 'mal'.
- Je joue mal au tennis.
- I play tennis badly.
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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