Answers
Sep 04, 2014 - 05:02 PM
1. When a French adverb modifies a verb, it is placed after the conjugated verb.
2. When an adverb modifies an adjective or another adverb, it is placed in front of the word it is modifying.
Check out the link below for more of an explanation.
http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/...
2. When an adverb modifies an adjective or another adverb, it is placed in front of the word it is modifying.
Check out the link below for more of an explanation.
http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/...
Sep 04, 2014 - 05:54 PM
So I think what this says is that adverbs follow the conjugated verb, which in passe compose is the auxilary, but in the future tense composed with aller, it's the infinitive. Is this correct?
Sep 05, 2014 - 03:11 PM
I think you're right on that, but this is one thing I still make mistakes on years after speaking French. Nobody seems to correct me on it, so it may be a case where even the French get it wrong from time to time.
Sep 06, 2014 - 02:56 PM
And the other thing I've seen is bientot just tacked onto the end of the sentence. I guess I'll just place it according to the rule above and leave it at that.
Sep 06, 2014 - 03:59 PM
I'm french native, and I would use both "le bus va bientot partir" and "le bus va partir bientot" as well as "ses parents vont arriver bientot" and "ses parents vont bientot arriver". The location of "bientot" tells me how far in time it's going to be. It's easy to remember: "bientot arriver", bientot is before the verb, so it's going to be coming real soon now. "Arriver bientot": I know it's going to arrive, soon, but not sure if it's right now or a bit later. It's placed after the verb so it may be a little further in time. The distinction is extremely minimal, and there is a grammatical explanation related to the position of an adverb and its effect on the veb, but I really wouldn't put too much work on this.
Jan 01, 2017 - 07:03 PM
I was extremely confused about this and this explanation really helped thank you :)