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14.6 Derived adverbs

Derived adverbs are adverbs that were formed from other words, in French it is mostly the adjective. When thinking about an example for a derived adverb, which was formed from a noun it seems that there are very few.

The regular way to form a derived adverbs is the same in all Roman languages. You take the feminine form of the adjective and add the ending -ment.

	masc. form	fem. form	adverbs	example
	heureux	heureuse	heureusement	Heureusement personne n' était blessé.
happy			luckily	Luckily nobody was injured.
	complet	complète	complètement	Il est complètement fou.
complete			completely	He is completely crazy.
	sérieux	sérieuse	sérieusement	Il était sérieusement malade.
serious			seriously	He is seriously ill.
	facile	facile	facilement	On peut se tromper facilement.
easy			easily	One can easily be wrong.
	tranquille	tranquille	tranquillement	Tranquillement, il a bu son verre de vin rouge.
calm			calmly	Calmly, he drank his red wine.
	courageux	courageuse	courageusement	Il a lutté courageusement.
courageous			courageously	He fought courageously.

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