In this grammar lesson you will learn about the 7 most important irregular adverbs in French.
In this lesson you will learn about:
- irregular adverbs in French
- how irregular adverbs are used in French sentences
- how you can quiz yourself on irregular adverbs in French
- the way to download Anki files for irregular adverbs in French
Please refer to the French A2 Curriculum to get a better overview of French grammar, if you are curious about how this fits in the overall structure of French A2.
By the end of the lesson you will know all about irregular adverbs in French!
Table of Contents
List of the 7 Most Irregular Adverbs in French
| Feminine Adjective | English | Irregular Adverb | English |
| bonne | good | bien | well |
| brève | brief | brièvement | briefly |
| gentille | kind | gentiment | kindly |
| mauvaise | bad | mal | badly |
| meilleure | better | mieux | better |
| moindre | lesser | moins | less |
| petite | small | peu | little/not much |
How to use Irregular Adverbs in French
In the lesson on how to form adverbs, you learnt that you need to take the feminine adjective and add -ment to it, to form an adverb.
However, there are adverbs in French that are irregular.
You can see those irregular adverbs in the table.
These adverbs don’t follow the normal rules.
This is how you use those irregular adverbs in French:
Ce moteur fonctionne bien.
This engine works well.
Ils ont parlé brièvement.
They spoke briefly.
Il m’a poussé gentiment.
He pushed me gently.
Tu conduis très mal.
You drive very badly.
Ce pays mérite mieux.
This country deserves better.
Seules les personnes de moindre importance le font.
Only people of lesser importance do so.
Ma petite sœur est un peu paresseuse.
My little sister is a little lazy.
Sentences Overview of Irregular Adverbs in French
The final section of this lesson on irregular adverbs in French is about seeing the superlatives in action.
This is valuable because you can improve your understanding on irregular adverbs in French through examples.
Here you can find all of the sentences used in the previous chapter, neatly organised in one place.
Ce moteur fonctionne bien.
This engine works well.
Ils ont parlé brièvement.
They spoke briefly.
Il m’a poussé gentiment.
He pushed me gently.
Tu conduis très mal.
You drive very badly.
Ce pays mérite mieux.
This country deserves better.
Seules les personnes de moindre importance le font.
Only people of lesser importance do so.
Ma petite sœur est un peu paresseuse.
My little sister is a little lazy.
Quiz Yourself on Irregular Adverbs in French
It’s not enough just to read the article on this lesson.
You should test your knowledge to see if you really understood everything, and to be able to repeat the material.
It is also for this reason that it is recommended to download the Anki Decks and do them.
At the end of every lesson you can do a small test.
You will see the sentences of the previous chapter. It is up to you to give the correct answer.
You will either need to fill in the blanks, choose the correct multiple choice option, or both.
Once you are done the correct answer will be shown.
You can redo the quiz as many times as you want.
Anki File for Irregular Adverbs in French
It is important to do the Anki excercises for this lesson, so that you can remember what you just studied.
By downloading the Anki File for French A2 you can practice every French A2 lesson that is on Language Atlas.
At this moment the Anki File for this lesson doesn’t exist yet. However, in due time this will be available on Language Atlas.
If you don’t know why you should use Anki, or don’t know how to use Anki or merge Anki files please click here.
Anki can be downloaded from here.
