{"id":18488,"date":"2013-03-21T19:54:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T18:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=18488"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:37:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:37:51","slug":"french-phrases-as-space-and-time-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-phrases-as-space-and-time-adverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"French Phrases as Space and Time Adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In French, like in any other language, the goal of\u00a0<strong>adverbs<\/strong>\u00a0is always the same: To modify\u00a0<strong><em>la signification\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the\u00a0meaning) of words, phrases, and sentences.<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take this example:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>L<\/strong><strong>e sc\u00e9nario de ce film est\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">magnifiquement<\/span>\u00a0\u00e9crit<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>(The plot of this movie is magnificently written.)<\/p>\n<p>Here the adverb\u00a0<strong><em>magnifiquement<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a word, and it serves to modify the adjective\u00a0<em><strong>\u00e9crit<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s post, we&#8217;ll go through some French adverbs which come as\u00a0<strong>phrases<\/strong>, so that you can recognize them whenever you encounter them in a given sentence:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>* French phrases as time-related adverbs:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Au fur et\u00a0<strong><em>\u00e0 mesure<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em>: As one goes along<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00c0 temps<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: In time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>De bonne heure<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: Early<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>D&#8217;habitude:<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0Usually<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>D&#8217;ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0<\/strong><\/em>: Already<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>De suite:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>At once<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>De temps en temps<\/strong><\/em>: From time to time<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>N&#8217;importe quand<\/em><\/strong>: Anytime<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sans cesse<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: Ceaselessly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sur-le-champ<\/strong><\/em>: Immediately<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Tout \u00e0 l&#8217;heure<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: Later<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Tout de suite<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: At once, immediately<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>* French phrases as space-related adverbs<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/learn-how-to-ask-for-street-directions-in-french-and-understand-them\/\">\u00c0 c\u00f4t\u00e9<\/a><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: Beside<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-french-spelling-is-ca-va-not-sa-va\/\">\u00c7a<\/a>\u00a0et l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: Here and there<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>C<em><strong>\u00f4te\u00a0\u00e0 c<em><strong>\u00f4te<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>: Side by side<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En bas<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: Down, downstairs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En haut<\/strong><\/em>: Up, upstairs<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En arri\u00e8re<\/strong><\/em>: Towards the back<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En avant<\/strong><\/em>: Towards the front<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En amont<\/strong><\/em>: Upstream<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En aval<\/strong><\/em>: Downstream<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En avance<\/strong><\/em>: In advance<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>En dehors<\/strong><\/em>: Outside<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>N&#8217;importe o\u00f9<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">: Anywhere<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>For more <span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">on French vocabulary-building, pronunciation, grammar, and writing,\u00a0I invite you to discover Transparent Language <em><strong>magnifique<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0material. It is the\u00a0<\/span><strong>most complete language-learning solution available. like we said above: <em>N&#8217;importe o\u00f9<\/em> (Anywhere)!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bon courage mes amis, et \u00e0 tr\u00e8s bient\u00f4t\u00a0!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"234\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/5333743524_5397229e0a-234x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/5333743524_5397229e0a-234x350.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/5333743524_5397229e0a.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><p>In French, like in any other language, the goal of\u00a0adverbs\u00a0is always the same: To modify\u00a0la signification\u00a0(the\u00a0meaning) of words, phrases, and sentences.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take this example: Le sc\u00e9nario de ce film est\u00a0magnifiquement\u00a0\u00e9crit. (The plot of this movie is magnificently written.) Here the adverb\u00a0magnifiquement\u00a0is a word, and it serves to modify the adjective\u00a0\u00e9crit. * * * In&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-phrases-as-space-and-time-adverbs\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":23748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[274408,224218,346,380,249930,55189,274407,274406,55167,274405,1857],"class_list":["post-18488","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","tag-byki-ffrench","tag-french-adverbs","tag-french-grammar","tag-french-phrases","tag-french-syntax","tag-grammaire-francaise","tag-improving-french-vocabulary","tag-space-related-french-adverbs","tag-syntaxe-francaise","tag-time-related-french-averbs","tag-transparent-language"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18488"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28457,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18488\/revisions\/28457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}