Tag: french adverbs

Here are 10 common French adverbs ending in -ment, how to pronounce them and how to use them in a sentence:

Français	IPA*	English
Carrément	[kaʀemɑ̃]	Totally
Complètement	[kɔ̃plɛtmɑ̃]	Totally, completely
Exactement	[ɛgzaktəmɑ̃]	Exactly
Nettement	[nɛtmɑ̃]	Significantly
Personnellement	[pɛʀsɔnɛlmɑ̃]	Personally
Probablement	[pʀɔbabləmɑ̃]	Probably
Récemment	[ʀesamɑ̃]	Recently
Seulement	[sœlmɑ̃]	Only
Tellement	[tɛlmɑ̃]	So, such
Vachement.	[vaʃmɑ̃]	Bloody
Vraiment.	[vʀɛmɑ̃]	Really

Examples:

• Ça te dit d’aller au restaurant ? Ouais, carrément ! Do you fancy going to the restaurant? Yeah, totally!
• C’est complètement fou. It’s totally/completely crazy.
• C’est exactement ce que j’allais dire. It’s exactly what I was going to say.
• J’ai nettement amélioré mon français. I significantly improved my French.
• Personnellement, j’adore les pizzas. Personally, I love pizzas.
• On va probablement aller courrir demain. We’re probably going to run tomorrow.
• J’ai récemment commencé à apprendre le français. I recently started to learn French.
• Je suis seulement allé en France une fois. I only went to France once.
• J’ai tellement faim. I’m so hungry.
• Ce film est vachement bien. This film is bloody good.
• Ce livre est vraiment intéressant. This book is really interesting.

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Here are 10 common adverbs of manner in French, how to pronounce them and how to use them in a sentence:

Français	IPA*	English
Attentivement	[atɑ̃tivmɑ̃]	Carefully
Facilement	[fasilmɑ̃]	Easily
Gentiment	[ʒɑ̃timɑ̃]	Kindly
Heureusement	[øʀøzmɑ̃]	Thankfully
Lentement	[lɑ̃tmɑ̃]	Slowly
Malheureusement	[maløʀøzmɑ̃]	Unfortunately
Patiemment	[pasjamɑ̃]	Patiently
Poliment	[pɔlimɑ̃]	Politely
Progressivement	[pʀɔgʀesivmɑ̃]	Progressively
Rapidement.	[ʀapidmɑ̃]	Quickly

Examples:

• Il écoute attentivement. He listens carefully.
• Nous avons gagné facilement. We won easily.
• Elle répond gentiment. She kindly answers.
• Heureusement, j’ai un travail. Thankfully, I have a job.
• On mange lentement. We eat slowly.
• Malheureusement, je ne peux pas venir. Unfortunately, I can’t come.
• Nous attentons patiemment. We’re waiting patiently.
• Je demande poliment. I ask politely.
• J’apprends le français progressivement. I’m learning French progressively.
• Elle comprend rapidement. She understands quickly.

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Here are 10 common adverbs of place in French, how to pronounce them and how to use them in a sentence:

Adverbe	IPA*	Adverb
Ici	[isi]	Here
Là	[la]	There
Là-bas	[laba]	There
Près	[pʀɛ]	Near
Loin	[lwɛ̃]	Far
À l’intérieur	[a l’ɛ̃teʀjœʀ]	Inside
À l’extérieur	[a l’ɛksteʀjœʀ]	Outside
Dehors	[dəɔʀ]	Outside
Dessous	[d(ə)su]	Below
Partout	[paʀtu]	Everywhere

Examples:

• Il pleut ici. It’s raining here.
• Ils ne sont pas là ce matin. They are not there this morning.
• On n’est jamais allé là-bas. We never went there.
• J’habite près du centre ville. I live near the city center.
• Elles habitent loin du centre ville. They live far from the city center.
• J’ai froid, je rentre à l’intérieur. I’m cold, I’m going back inside.
• Le parking est à l’extérieur du camping. The car park is outside the camp site.
• Il fait beau dehors. It’s sunny outside.
• Le prix est marqué dessous. The price is indicated below.
• Je suis allé presque partout dans cette région. I’ve been almost everywhere in this region.

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Here are 10 common adverbs of quantity in French, how to pronounce them and use them in a sentence:

Adverbes	IPA*	Adverbs
Moins	[mwɛ̃]	Less
Plus	[plys]	More
Autant	[otɑ̃]	As much as
Presque pas	[pʀɛsk pɑ]	Hardly any
Peu	[œ̃ pø]	Little/few
Pas mal	[pɑ mal]	Quite a lot
Assez	[ase]	Enough
Beaucoup	[boku]	A lot
Tellement	[tɛlmɑ̃]	So much/many
Trop	[tʀo]	Too much/many

Examples:

• J’ai moins d’idées que toi. I have less ideas than you.
• Tu as plus d’idées que moi. You have more ideas than me.
• Il a autant d’idées qu’elle. He has as much ideas as her.
• On n’a presque pas d’idées. We hardly have any ideas.
• Nous avons peu d’idées. We have few ideas.
• Vous avez pas mal d’idées. You have quite a lot of ideas.
• Elles ont assez d’idées. They have enough ideas.
• J’ai beaucoup d’idées. I have a lot of ideas.
• Tu as tellement d’idées. You have so many ideas.
• Elle a trop d’idées. She has too many ideas.

You can make these examples uncountable by replacing “idées” (ideas) by “eau” (water).

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