14.6 Derived adverbs - 2


masc. form fem. form adverbs example
  1) forming the adverb with masculine form and -ment
  absolu absolue absolument C' est absolument faux.  
absolut absolutely Das ist völlig falsch.  
  joli jolie joliment Elle était joliment habillée.
pretty   beautifully She was beautifully dressed.  
  vrai vraie vraiment C' est vraiment bizarre.
true truely This is truely bizarre.  
  continu continue continuellement L'endettement public a continuellement augmenté en Allemagne dans la période des années 1989-2004.
continuous continuously The public indeptedness has continuously increased in the period of 1989 - 2004.  
  aveugle aveugle aveuglément Il a toujours obéi aveuglément.
blind blindly He always obeyed blindly.  
  2) Forming the adverb with -mment  
  constant constante constamment On nous a constamment menti.
constant constantly We were song to constantly.  
  précis précise précisément Vous devez décrire aussi précisément que possible ce qui vous empêche de travailler.
precise precisely You have to describe as precisely as possible what prevents you from working.  
  profond profonde profondément Il était profondément déçu.
profound   profoundly He was profoundly disappointed.  
  confus confuse confusément Il nous a raconté confusément ce qui s' est passé.
confused mazily He has told us mazily what happened.  
  énorme énorme énormément Il a énormément souffert.
enormous enormously He has suffered enormously.  

When thinking about derived French adverbs from nouns there is only one example that comes to mind: vachement (la vache = die Kuh => ziemlich ).






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