French 11: Adverbs

Adverb Placement:
If an adverb modifies a verb, it usually follows right after it.
An adverb comes before an adjective or other adverb that it modifies.
A long adverb that modifies a phrase can usually be relegated to the beginning or end of a sentence.

Adverbs of Quantity:
Imprecise quantities are expressed using adverbs of quantity, which are usually followed by the preposition de.
Recall that du, de la, and des cannot be used after expressions ending in de, such as adverbs of quantity. Thus, des does not appear before chiens and de la does not appear before bière. However, other articles can follow adverbs of quantity when the noun is specific.

Comparatives and Superlatives
The adverbs plus ("more") and moins ("less") can be used with the conjunction que in comparisons.
To express equivalence, use aussi...que ("as...as").
Adding a definite article before plus or moins creates a superlative. The definite article agrees with the noun being modified.
If the adjective should follow the noun, then the definite article must be repeated.

Bon, Bien, Mauvais, and Mal
In French, we have to deal with the good (bon and bien), the bad (mauvais and mal), and the ugly (trying to decide which to use). Luckily, in most cases, bon and mauvais are adjectives while bien and mal are adverbs.

In a compound tense like the passé composé, adverbs normally come between the auxiliary verb and its participle.

Vocabulary

762	plus	more	adverb
763	moins	less	adverb
764	bien	good/ well	adverb
765	là	there	adverb
766	aussi	also	adverb
767	mal	bad	adverb
768	très	very	adverb
769	trop	too much/ very	adverb
770	ici	here	adverb
771	assez	enough	adverb
772	beaucoup	a lot	adverb
773	maintenant	now	adverb
774	vite	fast	adverb
775	souvent	often	adverb
776	tard	late	adverb
777	tôt	early	adverb
778	voici	here is	adverb
779	sûrement	surely	adverb
780	lentement	slowly	adverb
781	normalement	normally	adverb
782	suffisament	enough	adverb
783	ensemble	together	adverb
784	au moins	at least	adverb
785	en fait	in fact	adverb
786	tout à fait	tout à fait	adverb
787	bref	in short	adverb
788	devant	in front of	adverb
789	à peu près	nearly	adverb
790	peut-être	maybe	adverb
791	seulement	only	adverb
792	presque	almost	adverb
793	toujours	always	adverb
794	encore	again	adverb
795	parfois	sometimes	adverb
796	pourtant	however	adverb
797	rarement	rarely	adverb
798	généralement	generally	adverb
799	si	if	adverb
800	bientôt	soon	adverb
801	après	after	adverb
802	déjà	already	adverb
803	dessus	above	adverb
804	peu	little	adverb
805	environ	about/ approx.	adverb
806	puis	then	adverb
807	ensuite	then / afterwards	adverb
808	ainsi	so	adverb
809	enfin	at last	adverb
810	notamment	particularly especially	adverb
811	particulièrement	particularly	adverb
812	simplement	simply	adverb
813	rapidement	quickly	adverb
814	tellement	so much	adverb
815	evidemment	obviously/ evidently	adverb
816	exactement	exactly	adverb
817	ailleurs	elsewhere	adverb
818	surtout	mostly	adverb
819	plutôt	rather	adverb
820	vraiment	really	adverb
821	partout	all over	adverb
822	tant	so	adverb
823	cependant	however	adverb
824	en bas	below	adverb
825	en haut	up	adverb
826	loin	far	adverb
827	ci	this	adverb
828	dehors	outside	adverb
829	près	near	adverb
830	là-bas	over there	adverb
831	quand même	still	adverb
832	de cette manière	in this way	adverb
833	dessous	below	adverb
834	directement	directly	adverb
835	finalement	finally	adverb
836	actuellement	currently	adverb
837	absolument	absolutely	adverb
838	complètement	completely	adverb
839	entièrement	fully	adverb
840	autrement	other	adverb
841	immédiatement	immediately	adverb
842	certainement	certainly	adverb
843	parfaitement	perfectly	adverb
844	relativement	relatively	adverb
845	probablement	probably	adverb
846	effectivement	effectively	adverb
847	tout	all	adverb
848	malheureusement	sadly	adverb
849	heureusement	fortunately/ happily	adverb
850	dedans	in	adverb
851	facilement	easily	adverb
852	principalement	mainly	adverb
853	quasiment	nearly	adverb
854	apparemment	apparently	adverb
855	uniquement	only	adverb
856	extrêmement	extremely	adverb
857	totalement	totally	adverb
858	debout	standing	adverb
859	franchement	frankly	adverb
860	gratuitement	free	adverb
861	définitivement	definitively	adverb
862	alors	so	adverb
863	juste	just	adverb
864	même	even	adverb
865	fortement	strongly	adverb
866	mieux	better	adverb
867	longtemps	long time	adverb
868	réellement	actually	adverb
869	lui-même	himself	adverb
870	avant	before	adverb
871	honnêtement	honestly	adverb

872	jamais	never	adverb
873	rien	nothing	adverb
874	pas du tout	not at all	adverb
875	non plus	no more	adverb
876	ne veux plus	don't want anymore	adverb
877	ne peux plus	can't anymore	adverb
878	ne sais plus	don't know anymore	adverb
879	ni	or/ nor	adverb
880	plus de	more than	adverb
881	il n'y a	there is not/ there are not	adverb
882	nous non plus	neither do we	adverb