Adverbs Flashcards

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En face:

A
  • Opposite,
  • In front of something
  • across from
  • face to face
  • The bakery is opposite the butcher’s.
    Le boulangerie se trouve en face de la boucherie.
  • je ne pense pas que Christian lui dise ça en face à face.
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Aussitôt :

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  • immediately, straight away, right away.
    J’ai appelé le plombier et il est venu aussitôt.
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Davantage:

A
  • more, harder
  • Je ne veux pas en entendre davantage !
  • Il faut que tu travailles davantage.
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En ravanche:
(Loc adv: locution adverbial, adverbial phrase)
- endurant
- Endurer

A

on the other hand
- Ce cheval n’est pas rapide mais en revanche il est très endurant.
- resistent, tough, hardy
- endure
- bear

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Plutôt :

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rather

Je préférerais acheter une petite maison plutôt qu’un grand appartement.

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Hélas:

A

Alas!, Unfortunately, sadly

Hélas. Il n’y est pas parvenu!

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Assurément :

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certainly

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Ne …. Aucunement:
Ne …. Jamais:
Ne….. Plus:
Ne rien:

A

in no way
never
no longer
nothing

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Alors:

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so, since , then

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Ardent /ardemment :

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raging, burning, intense, fervant

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Brillant/Brillamment :

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bright/brightly

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Franc/Franchement :

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Frank/Frankly

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Gais/Gaiement;

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cheerful/happy, happily/joyfully

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14
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Polie/Poliment:

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Polite, politely

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Sagement :

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Calmly, Composedly, Paitiently

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Many French adverbs are formed by adding -ment to the end of of feminine form of adjective.

When an adjective ends in a vowel in the masculine form, the adverb is formed by simply adding -ment.

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-

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In Passé composé, short adverbs come after the auxillary verb and long adverbs follow the past participle.

A

-

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Autrefois:

A

-

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Bientot:

A

-

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En fin:

A

-

21
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En même temps:

A

-

22
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Jadis:

A

-

23
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Parfois:

A

-

24
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Soudain :

A

-

25
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Tout à coup:

A

-

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En bas:

A

-

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En haut:

A

-

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Ailleurs:

A

-

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Nulle part:

A

-

30
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Tant:

A

so

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Par ailleurs :

A

besides, moreover

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Par conséquence :

A

by result

33
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Pourtant:

A

yet

34
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Cependant :

A

however

35
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Toute de même :

A

all the same

36
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Toutefois:

A

however

37
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Surtout :

A

specially

38
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Ainsi:

A

so

39
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Debout:

A

upright/standing up

40
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D’habitude:

A

as usual

41
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Par bonheur:

A

luckily

42
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Certes:

A

ofcourse

43
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Volontiers:

A

willingly

44
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Néanmoins (pourtant) :

A

nevertheless, however, nonetheless