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<div style="font-size:300%"> French Grammar - Adjectives used as adverbs</div>
A limited number of adjectives can also be used as adverbs. In this case they are invariable

{| class="wikitable"
!French Adjective
!French Example
!English Translation
|-
|bas
|Ils parlent bas
|They're  talking very quietly
|-
|bon
|Le café sent bon
|The coffee  smells good
|-
|cher
|Cela coûte trop cher
|That's too  expensive
|-
|clair
|Je n'arrive pas à y voir clair dans son raisonnement
|I can't make  much sense of his argument
|-
|droit
|Ils marchent droit
|They are  walking straight
|-
|dur
|Ils travaillent dur
|They work  hard
|-
|faux 
|Elles chantent faux
|They sing out  of tune
|-
|fin
|Il faut couper le jambon très fin
|You must  slice the ham very thinly
|-
|fort
|Ils parlent trop fort
|They're  talking too loudly
|-
|grand
|Ils ont vu trop grand
|They  attempted too much
|-
|jeune
|Ils s'habillent jeune
|They dress in  a youthful manner
|-
|juste
|Tu as vu juste dès le début
|You  understood from the beginning
|-
|lourd
|Cet acte pèse lourd sur ma conscience
|That act  weighs heavily on my conscience
|-
|menu
|de la viande hachée menu
|meat cut up  finely
|-
|vieux
|Ils font  vieux
|They look old
|}

==Videos==

===French TOUT Lesson: Adjective, Adverb, Pronoun - YouTube===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eachI0ocUHE</youtube>

==Related Lessons==
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Position-of-direct-and-indirect-object-pronouns|Position of direct and indirect object pronouns]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Choice-of-some-time-adverbs-relative-to-the-moment-of-speaking|Choice of some time adverbs relative to the moment of speaking]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Subjunctive-versus-indicative-in-clauses-dependent-on-a-superlative-adjective|Subjunctive versus indicative in clauses dependent on a superlative adjective]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Quand-utiliser-"et"-ou-"est"-?|Quand utiliser "et" ou "est" ?]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/il-or-ça-with-impersonal-verbs|il or ça with impersonal verbs]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Use-of-faire-+-partitive-faire-du,-de-la|Use of faire + partitive faire du, de la]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Omission-of-plural-indefinite-des-after-the-preposition-de|Omission of plural indefinite des after the preposition de]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Talk-about-Prices|Talk about Prices]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/subjects-objects-pronouns|subjects objects pronouns]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Formation-of-the-passive-in-French|Formation of the passive in French]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Plurals-of-nouns-ending-in-–al|Plurals of nouns ending in –al]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Differences-in-the-use-of-numbers-in-French-and-English-Kings,-queens-and-popes|Differences in the use of numbers in French and English Kings, queens and popes]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Use-of-the-definite-article-with-quantities|Use of the definite article with quantities]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Stressed-pronouns-standing-alone|Stressed pronouns standing alone]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Stressed-pronouns-with-même,-aussi,-seul,-autres,-tous-and-numerals|Stressed pronouns with même, aussi, seul, autres, tous and numerals]]