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We've already learned about Forming regular adverbs with "-ment" in French (French Adverbs) (feminine adjective + -ment).
However, some adverbs have irregular stems, meaning that they differ from the original adjective.
And some are just completely irregular.
Irregular adverbs in French
Here is a table of these irregular adverbs:
Feminine adjective | English | Irregular adverb | English |
gentille | kind | gentiment | kindly |
brève | brief | brièvement | briefly |
bonne | good | bien | well |
mauvaise | bad | mal | badly |
petite | small | peu | not much |
moindre | lesser | moins | less |
meilleure | better | mieux | better |
Listen to these examples:
See also the related lesson:
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst in French (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
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