3.8: Structure - Adverbes d'intensité

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In this section, you will learn how to use adverbs to intensify adjectives.

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There is nothing like a good adverb to modify the adjectives we use to describe people and things. You can express different degrees of intensity by using "adverbs of degree", or adverbes d'intensité. For example, instead of just saying Il est grand (He is tall), I can say:

Il est très grand. (He is very tall.)

Il est tellement grand ! (He is so tall!)

Il est vraiment grand. (He is really tall.)

These adverbs can be used for just about anything we describe:

L'examen est extrêmement difficile. (The exam is extremely difficult.)

La classe de français est assez facile. (French class is prett,quite easy.)

Here is a useful list of adverbes d'intensité:

Les adverbes

Adverbes d'intensité
Français	Anglais	Exemples	Examples
assez	enough, quite,pretty	Il est assez grand.	He's pretty, quite tall.
plutôt	rather	Elle est plutôt calme.	She's rather calm.
très	very	C’est un homme très dynamique.	It's a very energetic man.
bien	a lot, quite	Ils sont bien différents.	They are quite different.
fort	very	Marie est fort intelligente.	Marie is very intelligent.
vraiment	truly, really	Il est vraiment intelligent.	He is really intelligent.
tellement	so, so much	Il est tellement cool.	He is so cool.
extrêmement	extremely	C’est un homme extrêmement poli.	This is an extremely polite man.
si	so	Tu es si grand maintenant !	You are so tall now!
super	so, super	Ce film est super bon.	This movie is really good.
hyper	so, hyper	Je suis hyper fatigué(e).	I am so tired.
trop	too, so	C'est trop cool !	It's too cool!

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Study the Quizlet vocabulary flashcards. Listen and repeat the French pronunciation.

Exemples
Tellement	Super
Ces croissants sont tellement délicieux ! "This work" by herryway, Pixabay is in the Public Domain, CC0	Ce singe est super intelligent ! "This work" by pixabay.com is in the Public Domain, CC0

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On étudie !

Les adverbes

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On approfondit !

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Exercice 1 : les adjectifs intensifiés (adverbes)