FRENCH ADVERBS
Basic rule:
Add -ment to feminine form of the adjective
Masculine Feminine Adverb Meaning
heureux heureuse heureusement Happily
rapide rapide rapidement Rapidly
premier premiere premierement Firstly
Masculine adjectives ending in a vowel
Add -ment directly
Masculine Adverb Meaning
poli poliment Politely
vrai vraiment Truly
gai (exception) gaiement Gaily
Adjectives ending in -ant or -ent
Change “nt” to “m”
Masculine Adverb Meaning
elegant elegamment Elegantly
violent violemment Violently
evident evidemment Evidently
lent (exception) lentement Slowly
Irregular adverbs
Adjective Meaning Adverb Meaning
bon good bien Well
mauvais bad mal Badly
meilleur better mieux Better
petit small peu Little
gentil kind gentiment Kindly
precis precise precisement Precisely
enorme enormous enormement Enormously
profond deep profondement Deeply
aveugle blind aveuglement Blindly
Basic rule:
Add -ment to feminine form of the adjective
Masculine Feminine Adverb Meaning
heureux heureuse heureusement Happily
rapide rapide rapidement Rapidly
premier premiere premierement Firstly
Masculine adjectives ending in a vowel
Add -ment directly
Masculine Adverb Meaning
poli poliment Politely
vrai vraiment Truly
gai (exception) gaiement Gaily
Adjectives ending in -ant or -ent
Change “nt” to “m”
Masculine Adverb Meaning
elegant elegamment Elegantly
violent violemment Violently
evident evidemment Evidently
lent (exception) lentement Slowly
Irregular adverbs
Adjective Meaning Adverb Meaning
bon good bien Well
mauvais bad mal Badly
meilleur better mieux Better
petit small peu Little
gentil kind gentiment Kindly
precis precise precisement Precisely
enorme enormous enormement Enormously
profond deep profondement Deeply
aveugle blind aveuglement Blindly
