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Adverbs

bien	well	quelquefois	sometimes
mieux	better	toujours	always
mal	badly	vite	quickly
peu	little	donc	therefore
déjà	already	encore	yet
bientôt	soon	quelque part	somewhere
ici	here	maintenant	now
là	there	tôt	early
dedans	inside	tard	late
dehors	outside	peut-être	maybe
souvent	often	jamais	(n)ever
d'habitude	usually	nulle part	nowhere

To form an adverb, simply take the feminine form of an adjective and add-ment to the end. If the masculine form ends in -e, you just add the-ment to that. Adjectives ending in -ent or -ant take the endings-emment and -amment.

Masculine	Feminine	Adverb
naturel	naturelle	naturellement
heureux	heureuse	heureusement
lent	lente	lentement
facile	facile	facilement
probable	probable	probablement
intelligent	inelligente	intelligemment
brillant	brillante	brillamment
récent	récente	récemment

Note: Some adverbs such as actuellement (currently, now) and éventuellement (possibly, perhaps) can be deceiving.

A Few Irregular Adverbs
vrai	vraiment
gentil	gentiment
profond	profondément
bref	brièvement
précis	précisément

Note: Adverbs are placed right after the verb in a simple tense. Adverbs ofopinion and time usually go at the beginning or end of the sentence.When peut-être and sans doute begin a sentence or clause, they are usually followed by que. With the passé composé, most adverbs are placed between the auxiliary verb and past participle. In negative sentences, pas precedes the adverb, except with peut-être, sans doute, sûrement, and probablement. Adverbs of time and place generally follow the past participle.

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