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French adverbs, like their English counterparts, are used to modify adjectives, other adverbs, and verbs or clauses. They do not display any inflection; that is, their form does not change to reflect their precise role, nor any characteristics of what they modify. ==Formation== In French, as in English, most adverbs are derived from adjectives. In most cases, this is done by adding the suffix ''-ment'' ("-ly") to the adjective's feminine singular form. For example, the feminine singular form of ''lent'' ("slow") is ''lente'', so the corresponding adverb is ''lentement'' ("slowly"); similarly, ''heureux'' → ''heureusement'' ("happy" → "happily"). As in English, however, the adjective stem is sometimes modified to accommodate the suffix: * If the adjective ends in an ''i'', then ''-ment'' is added to the masculine singular (default) form, rather than to the feminine singular form: * * ''vrai'' → ''vraiment'' ("real" → "really") * * ''poli'' → ''poliment'' ("polite" → "politely") * If the adjective ends in ''-ant'' or ''-ent'', then the''-nt'' is stripped and ''-mment'' is added: * * ''constant'' → ''constamment'' ("constant" → "constantly") * * ''récent'' → ''récemment'' ("recent" → "recently") (-emment and -amment have the same pronunciation -> /amã/) * Some adjectives make other changes: * * ''précis'' → ''précisément'' ("precise" → "precisely") * * ''gentil'' → ''gentiment'' ("nice" → "nicely") Some adverbs are derived from adjectives in completely irregular fashions, not even using the suffix ''-ment'': * ''bon'' → ''bien'' ("good" → "well") * ''mauvais'' → ''mal'' ("bad" → "badly") * ''meilleur'' → ''mieux'' (the adjective "better" → the adverb "better") * traditionally, ''pire'' → ''pis'' (the adjective "worse" → the adverb "worse") * more commonly, ''pire'' → ''pire'' (the adjective "worse" → the adverb "worse") And, as in English, many common adverbs are not derived from adjectives at all: * ''ainsi'' ("thus" or "this way") * ''vite'' ("quickly") 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French adverbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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