| 14.10 Different meaning of adverb and adjective |
We have the same phenomenon that the adverb has a different meaning than the original adjective (hardly - hardly; clear - clearly).
| Examples | |
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C' est quelqu' un de très curieux. |
| He is a curious person. | |
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Curieusement il ne me l' a pas dit. |
| Curiously enough, he did not tell me. | |
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Cela m' est égal. |
| I do not care. | |
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On peut dire également qu' il ne le sait pas, parce qu' il ne veut pas le savoir. |
| One could as well say that he does not know, because he does not want to know. | |
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