Adverbs of manner in French
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Adverbs of manner (French: les adverbes de manière) aim to tell us how something happens. The most important modal adverbs you have to keep in mind are:
- bien (good)
- mieux (besser)
- certainement (certainly)
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List of adverbs of manner in French
| Français | English | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|
| ainsi | so | Nous pouvons ainsi. |
| calmement | calmly | Elle parle calmement. |
| debout | upright | Elle se trouva debout. |
| d'habitude | as usual | Le village était silencieux comme d'habitude. |
| doucement | softly | Je t’interroge doucement. |
| ensemble | together | Nous vivrons ensemble. |
| fort | firmly | C’est fort curieux. |
| gentiment | nicely | J'arrange une chambre gentiment. |
| mal | badly | Il dormit mal. |
| plutôt | rather | Elle grandissait plutôt. |
| surtout | especially | Parmi ces touristes, il y a surtout des Chinois. |
| vite | quickly | Il marche vite. |
| hélas | unfortunately | C’est hélas ce qui semble aujourd’hui le plus probable. |
| heureusement | happily | Heureusement, Dominique est là. |
| malheureusement | unluckily | Malheureusement c’est impossible. |
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