335. Bellement, softly; follement, foolishly; mollement, softly; nouvellement, newly,-are formed from the adjectives bel, fol, mol, nouvel. See § 58. 336. In the following adverbs an acute accent is placed over the e belonging to the feminine termination of the adjective: communément, commonly. | obscurément, confusément, confusedly. précisément, expressément, expressly. profondément, obscurely. precisely. profoundly. 337. EXCEPTION I.-Gentil makes gentiment, prettily. 338. II. Adjectives ending in ant, or ent, in the masculine, change nt into m, and add only ment to it; as, constant, prudent, constant; constamment, constantly. prudent; prudently. 339. Lent, slow, and présent, present, follow the Rule, and make lentement, slowly, and présentement, presently. 340. RULE II.-Adverbs are formed from adjectives by merely adding ment to them, when the masculine ends with a vowel; as, 341. In the following adverbs an acute accent is placed over the e belonging to the termination of the adjective: aveuglément, blindly. énormément, enormously. commodément, commodiously. incommodément, incommodiously. conformément, conformably. opiniâtrément, obstinately. 342. EXCEPTION.-Impuni, unpunished, makes impunément, with impunity. confesser, pret. répondre, pret. vivent 57. confessed their fault frankly.-They live happily.-We are faute 59. L newly arrived.-He spoke dire, pret. precisely in this manner. de arriver. deeply grieved. He acted very prudently. agir affliger. constantly. You speak too slowly. trop litely. Do you believe it truly? I am manière, f. 2refuser, pret. 1, m. He refused They denied it obsti2nier, pret. 1 nately. You will not do it with impunity. faire 2 1 1 OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF ADVERBS. 343. Adverbs are divided into several classes; besides those of manner, mostly ending in ment, and formed from adjectives, there are adverbs of order; such as, D'abord il faut éviter le mal, | First we must avoid evil, and 345. Où êtes-vous? Je suis ici? | Where are you? I am here. Adverbs of Time. peu. 347. | Il parle beaucoup, et réfléchit | He speaks much, and thinks little. Adverbs of Comparison. OF THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON. 348. Adverbs form their degrees of comparison as adjectives do. See § 67. 349. The following adverbs are irregular in the formation of their degrees of comparison: before.—Where is my grammar? He does not live here. grammaire, f.? demeurer The master is out. maître, m. without overtaking him. He will soon be here.— I went there formerly.-You will never make him change (his) 2237 1 3 She contradicts me always. 2 contredire 1 CHAPTER VII. OF THE PREPOSITION. 350. A Preposition is an invariable word put before nouns and pronouns, to show the relation between them; as, Le fruit de l'arbre, the fruit of the tree; utile à l'homme, useful to man. 351. Prepositions, whether simple or compound,-that is, consisting of one word or more,—may be divided into the following classes : 352. Prepositions governing the noun after them without any other preposition : EXERCISE XCII. He wrote 'écrire, comp.pr. 1 in spite of us. She is too indulgent towards her children.-He to me concerning that affair.-They set out affaire, f. partir, pret. (for) enfant, pl. Se behaved according to the laws of honour.-He was found conduire, pret. among the dead. He turned mort, pl. loi, pl. l'honneur. mille, pl. pret. trouver from this. to me. He appeared before his acparaître, pret. se tourner, pret. vers cusateur, pl. daylight. ac vaincre, pret. Do that for me.-We conquered notwithstandle jour. Faire 121. 97. ing the number.-Know (how) to struggle against misfortune. nombre, m. Savoir lutter 353. Prepositions accompanied by de: le malheur. These prepositions are also used in conversation without de; Ex. Près Paris, proche la maison, vis-à-vis l'église. |