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FRENCH | ENGLISH |
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les adverbes les plus courants avec la terminaison "-ment" | most common adverbs with "-ment" endings |
rapidement /ʀapidmɑ̃/ | quickly |
- Il faut trouver une solution rapidement. | A solution must be found quickly. |
sérieusement /seʀjøzmɑ̃/ | seriously |
- Sérieusement, tu trouves pas ça dingue ? /dɛ̃ɡ/ | Seriously, don't you think that's crazy? |
sûrement /syʀmɑ̃/ | certainly |
- Je me fane lentement mais sûrement. /fan/ | I am fading slowly but surely. |
tout simplement /sɛ̃pləmɑ̃/ | quite simply |
- Parce qu'il est près de chez moi, tout simplement. | Because it's near my house, quite simply. |
heureusement /øʀøzmɑ̃/ | fortunately / luckily |
- Heureusement, elle l'a bien pris. | Luckily, she took it well. |
malheureusement /maløʀøzmɑ̃/ | unfortunately |
- Malheureusement, je ne peux pas. | Unfortunately, I can't. |
seulement /sœlmɑ̃/ | only (non seulement ... mais, not only ... but) |
- Seulement au début. | Only at the beginning. |
- Non seulement il a plu, mais en plus il a fait froid. | Not only it rained but it was cold as well. |
également /eɡalmɑ̃/ | also / equally / evenly |
- Y a également un sous-sol. /susɔl/ | There is also a basement. |
finalement /finalmɑ̃/ | finally / at last / after all |
- Finalement, ça vaut le coup. | Finally, it's worth it. |
vachement /vaʃmɑ̃/ | really |
- C'est vachement bien. | It's really good. |
apparemment /apaʀamɑ̃/ | apparently |
- Un délit de fuite apparemment. /deli/ /fɥit/ | A hit and run apparently. |
énormément /enɔʀmemɑ̃/ | enormously / tremendously |
- Ça compte énormément pour moi. | It means a lot to me. |
légèrement /leʒɛʀmɑ̃/ | lightly / slightly |
- Habille-toi légèrement. Il va faire chaud. | Wear light clothes. |
- Il est légèrement plus grand que son frère. | He is slightly taller than his brother. |
dépassement /depɑsmɑ̃/ | exceeding / overtaking |
- dépassement interdit /ɛ̃tɛʀdi/ | no overtaking |
infiniment /ɛ̃finimɑ̃/ | infinitely |
- infiniment supérieure /sypeʀjœʀ/ | infinitely superior |
physiquement /fizikmɑ̃/ | physically |
- Verbalement et physiquement /vɛʀbalmɑ̃/ | verbally and physically |