Adverbs Objective Students will be able to form

Adverbs

Objective • Students will be able to form adverbs from a given adjective and use them to describe a past action. • Students will be able to describe how they did something.

Using the imperfect

We reviewed how to form the imperfect • Nous form • Chop off the ons • Endings: axis, ait, ions, iez, aient

How so we use it • Emotions/ background • Progressive actions

Progressive actions • What was in the process of happening when (Quand) the action took place • Je _____ (imperfect) Quand il ______ (passé compose) • On etudiait Quand Chris a frappe.

Emotions/ background/ descriptions • There are verbs that will never be in the past tense • Etre • Aimer • Porter

The last verb you need to know: • Faire beau/ faire mauvais • These have to do with weather, so they will always be imperfect

Adverbs • In english, an adverb is a word that describes an action. In most cases, it ends in « ly. » • I run really fast • He reads absolutely well.

How do you form them in French? • You will see three kinds of adjectives: • Ones that end in consonants - « actif » • ones that end in vowels (a, e, i, o, u) • ones that end in -ant or -ent

The first kind: • if the adjective ends in a consonant (anything except a, e, i, o, u), find the feminine form. • How do you find the feminine form? Let’s review.

Feminine adjectives: • There are regular ones - brun-) brune • There are ones that end in -eux , which become « euse » Heureux - heureuse • There are ones that end in f, which become ve • • actif- active There are ones that end in c, which become che • blanc -) blanche

Find the feminine forms of these adjectives: • actif • franc • malheureux • bleu

Once you have the feminine form, making an adverb is simple • Just add an -ment to it • franc- franchement • actif - activement • malheureux - malheureusement

If the adjective ends with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), simply • place -ment at the end • absolu - absolument • vrai - vraiment

if the adjective ends in -ant or ent • change the ending to -amment or -emment • constant- constamment • courant - couramment • différent - différemment • évident -évidemment

New!!!! Irregular adjectives • Bon - the adverb is bien • gentil - the adverb is géntiment • mauvais - the adverb is mal

Adverbs of frequency • jamais - never • parfois - sometimes • rarement - rarely • souvent - often • de temps en temps - from time to time • en général - in general • quelquefois - sometimes