Les Adverbes

In French, most adverbs are formed by going to the FEMININE form of the adjective and adding -MENT.

For example...

lent (slow) becomes lentement (slowly)

fort (strong) becomes fortement (strongly)

poli becomes poliment

rapide (quick) becomes rapidement

rare becomes rarement

normale becomes normalement

For example:

élégant become élégamment

patient becomes patiemment

To compare things using adverbs you use the same formula as adjectives...

NOUN + VERB + PLUS/MOINS + ADVERB + QUE + NOUN

To compare things using bien, however, the adverb is MIEUX.   PLUS BIEN does not exist!!!

Some special adverbs are:

souvent : often

beaucoup : a lot

vite: quickly

toujours: always

marcher: to walk

sauter: to jump

courir: to run

je cours

tu cours

il/elle court

nous courons

vous courez

ils/elles courent