FYW 191 : French adverbs in “-ment”

A few episodes ago (episode 188) I talked about the position of adverbs in French sentences. Well, this inspired me to tell you more about French adverbs and in this episode, I'll cover how to adverbs ending in -MENT (a very common type of French adverbs) are formed, spelled and pronounced!
Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode
Vrai -> vraiment

Poli -> poliment

Rare -> rarement

Dur -> dure -> durement

Nerveux -> nerveuse -> nerveusement

Frais -> fraiche -> fraichement

A few irregularities : brièvement, énormément, précisément, gentiment

Méchant -> méchamment

Intelligent -> intelligemment

Violent -> violemment

Patient -> patiemment

Prudent -> prudemment

Elégant -> élégamment

Evident -> évidemment
LINKS and RESOURCES!

Episode 188: "The position of adverbs in French": frenchyourway.com.au/podcast188
French Voices (my other podcast): frenchvoicespodcast.com

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