adverbs

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adverbs

[burnt hamlet]

gaiment could work

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why not contentment?

[burnt hamlet]

because that doesn't exist :p at least not as an adverb

contentement would translate as satisfaction, it's a noun

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whats the general rule for making adverbs?

oh

[burnt hamlet]

the general rule is adding -(e)ment like you tried to, but not every word works like that

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for words ending with a vowel you just put "ment" right

[burnt hamlet]

usually

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hmmmm so there are exceptions

one thing in french is i dont know what an exception could be

its always so random

is content an exception

[burnt hamlet]

exceptions exist in all languages, French might be a bit heavier when it comes to deriving words perhaps

I dunno if it's an exception, English derives words in a more systematic and regular way than French

[cobalt bramble]

exactly

so what are all the exceptions that i should know for adverbs?

at least most of the common ones

[burnt hamlet]

no idea

try googling it? but not sure if anything "lists" them

[river wharf]

English is probably just as bad as French when it comes to derivational morphemes not behaving the same way all the time

like "kindly" is a synonym for kind, but also means "in a kind way"

"friendly" isn't even an adverb, even though it ends in -ly

same with "neighborly"

[burnt hamlet]

at least in English you hardly ever feel like you need to invent an adverb, but it does feel that way in French quite often

[river wharf]

yeah, I guess
in French there's a lot of "de manière X"

[burnt hamlet]

ye

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yes, true

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but its also because friend is a noun whereas kind is an adjective

so its easier to spot the difference like that in most of the cases

[river wharf]

my point is just that it seems random, you can of course come up with reasons that it should work in a particular way

[cobalt bramble]

understandable

knowing when it might be an exception and when it might not is also very random