Adverbs

Les adverbes

Adverbs modify or qualify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Typically they answer questions like based on when, where, how, in what way, and to what extent. In English, words like "slowly" and "quickly" are two examples.

Examples

Exemples

bien

fine well

mal

badly

lentement

slowly

quand

when interrogative

où

where interrogative

pourquoi

why interrogative

avant

front forward first

combien

how many interrogative how much interrogative

droit

rights law straight

loin

distant far away far

ici

here

éventuellement

possibly

là-bas

over there there

moins

minus less

maintenant

nowadays now

surtout

particularly above all

soudain

suddendly

encore

again

ne

not no

tard

late later

trop

too much too

pas

step not

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