| 14.7 Perfectly irregular adverbs |
Some of the very often used adverbs are completely irregular.
| Example |
| rapide =
fast (adjective) |
| vite =
fast (adverb) |
In the case above with the adjective
rapide, there is also a regular adverb
rapidement, but it seems that
vite is much more often used.
| Example (check in google) |
| Il court rapidement. (79 hits) |
| Il court vite. (1690 hits) |
| Il le fait rapidement. (76 hits) |
| Il le fait vite. (100 hits) |
There are other examples of irregular adverbs:
| Example |
| bon, bonne =
good |
| bien =
well |
|
C' est bien dit. |
| |
This is well said. |
Talking about
bon and
bien we come to a often discussed question:
| Was ist der Unterschied zwischen diesen
beiden Sätzen? |
|
C' est bien. |
|
C' est bon. |
