Language/French/Grammar/Adverbs-ending-in-—ment-derived-from-nouns

Adverbs ending in —ment derived from nouns

There are a few adverbs ending in -ment which are derived from nouns and function like degree adverbs.

These would be used only in spoken French: "vachement" in particular is used in very informal spoken French:

French Adjective	Phrase in French	Translation in English
bougrement	C'est bougrement difficile	It's bloody difficult
diablement	Cette voiture est diablement lourde	This car is hellishly heavy
vachement	Elle est vachement jolie	She's bloody good-looking

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• Dates
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• Compound nouns
• Subject verb agreement — Verb “être”
• Nouns which have the same spoken form but two different written forms
• Verb forms — Conjugations
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• Types of adverbs
• Verbs with personal subject used impersonally