| Question | Answer |
| placement of negative adverbs with infinitives | if the negative adverb modifies an infinitive, it is sometimes placed before the infinitive and sometimes placed after it, depending on the particular adverb. The same adverbs that preceded the past participle will precede the infinitive and vice versa. |
| placement of negative adverbs with compound tenses | before or after the past participle of a compound tense such as passé composé. |
| de and d' after a negative adverb | replace du, de la, de l' and des |
| ne...nul(le) | none, not any |
| ne...aucun(e) | none, not any |
| ne...ni...ni... | neither...nor |
| ne...nulle part | nowhere |
| ne...personne | no one |
| ne...plus rien | no more, nothing else |
| ne...plus jamais | never again |
| ne...pas encore | not yet |
| ne...guère | hardly |
| ne...rien | nothing |
| ne...que | only |
| ne...jamais | never |
| ne...plus | no more, no longer |
| ne...point | not at all (literary) |
| ne...pas | not |
| superlative adverbs | (le plus or le moins) + adverb + de |
| comparative adverbs | (plus, moins or aussi) + adverb + que |
| Position of adverb in compound tenses | depends on the type of adverb. Most often, the adverb is placed between the auxiliary verb and the past participle. Adverbs that fall into this category are: adverbs of quantity, adverbs of manner , adverbs of manner that imply restriction, and certain adverbs of time. A second category of adverbs, however, never go between the auxiliary and the past participle. These are adverbs of place and certain adverbs of time |
| Adverbs meaning "probably" | Begin a sentence, subject-verb work order inverted; however, if one wishes to avoid the inversion |
| placing emphasis on adverbs that end in -ment | placed at the end of the sentence |
| Position of adverbs in simple tenses | adverbs never come between the subject and the verb, as they often do in English. They are normally placed after the verb. |
| travailler dur | work hard |
| aller (tout) droit | go straight ahead |
| voir clair | to understand |
| chanter juste/faux | sing well/badly |
| sentir bon/mauvais | smells good/bad |
| parler haut/bas | speak loudly/softly |
| parler fort | speak loudly |
| coûter cher | expensive |
| profond | profondément |
| précis | précisément |
| adj. aveugle | aveuglément |
| adj. énorme | énormément |
| adj. commun | communément |
| adj. bref | brièvement |
| adj. rapide | vite |
| adj. gentil | gentiment |
| adj. mauvais | mal |
| adj. meilleur | mieux |
| adj. bon | bien |
| Adverbs ending in -amment or -emment | for adjectives with two or more syllables ending in -ant or -ent |
| forming adverbs ending in -ment | take feminine form of corresponding adjective, add -ment. If masculine form of adjective ends in vowel, simply add -ment, no extra -e. |
| à peine | hardly, scarcely |
| seulement | only |
| peut-être | perhaps, maybe |
| presque | almost |
| moins | less |
| plus | more |
| trop | too much, too many |
| assez | enough |
| peu | a little, not much |
| beaucoup | a lot, very much |
| quelque part | somewhere |
| partout | everywhere |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| là-bas | other there |
| là | there, here |
| ici | here |
| loin | far |
| près | near |
| très | very |
| brusquement | suddenly, all of a sudden |
| autrement | otherwise |
| seulement | only, however |
| heureusement | fortunately, luckily |
| d'habitude | usually |
| réellement | really, actually |
| vraiment | really |
| vite | quickly |
| ensemble | together |
| mal | badly, poorly |
| bien | well |
| souvent | often |
| généralement | generally |
| hier | yesterday |
| d'abord | first, at first |
| déjà | already |
| encore | again, still, another time |
| tout de suite | right away, immediately |
| actuellement | at present, currently |
| aussitôt | at once |
| maintenant | now |
| tard | late |
| bientôt | soon |
| tôt | early |
| autrefois | in the past |
| aujourd'hui | today |
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