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Phrases used as adverbs
A number of adverbs are composed of invariable phrases. The following are a sample:
French | English |
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en arrière | behind |
en avant | in front |
en retard | late |
en avance | early |
en amont | upstream |
en aval | downstream |
en dehors | outside |
en vain | in vain |
en catimini | in secret |
en général | in general |
en particulier | in particular |
en définitive | finally |
n'importe où | anywhere |
n'importe quand | anytime |
n'importe qui | anybody |
par hasard | by chance |
par monts et par vaux | over hill and dale |
par ailleurs | in addition |
par devant | in the front |
par dessus | over and above |
par contre | on the other hand |
dans la suite | in what followed |
et ainsi de suite | and so on |
de suite | immediately |
par la suite | in what followed |
sans cesse | continuously |
sans détour | straight, to the point |
sur ces entrefaites | and with that |
tout à fait | completely |
tout de suite | immediately |
tout à l'heure | in a moment, later |
tout d'un coup | suddenly |
tout de go | straight out |
côte à côte | side by side |
ça et là | here and there |
petit à petit | little by little |
sur-le-champ | immediately |
vaille que vaille | somehow or other |
Borrowings from Latin, frequently heard, are:
French | English |
---|---|
grosso modo | more or less |
a fortiori | even more so |
a priori | a priori |
a posteriori | a posteriori |
vice versa | vice versa |
in extremis | at the last moment |
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Optional use of neutral le
- Abstract versus concrete nouns
- Years
- Subject verb agreement — Agreement with more than one subject
- Use of ce, cela, ça as neutral pronouns
- Adverbs ending in —(é)ment derived from past participles
- Conjugation group 3
- Grammatical and real number
- "C'est" or "Ce sont"
- L’on VS on
- When use ou or où
- Punctuation
- Irregular plurals for nouns ending in –ail
- Differences in the use of numbers in French and English Addresses
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