In French, to form the Superlatif of adverbs, you use a similar structure as with the Superlatif of adjectives.
Learn how to use superlative with adverbs in French
Look at these cases of adverbs in the Superlatif:
To form the Superlatif of adverbs, it is similar to the Superlatif of adjectives, EXCEPT that
you only use the definite article le plus / le moins (there is NO agreement with adverbs, as they have NO gender).
you only use the definite article le plus / le moins (there is NO agreement with adverbs, as they have NO gender).
You NEVER say ''Jeanne parle la plus doucemente.''
Here are other Superlative structures:
Le/la/les plus and Le/la/les moins = The most and the least (Superlative with Adjectives in French)
Le plus/Le moins = The most/the least (Superlative with Verbs in French)
Forming the superlative of French adjectives in complex cases
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst in French (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
And Comparative structures:
Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (Comparisons in French)
De plus en plus / De moins en moins + [adverbe/adjectif/verbe] = more and more / less and less + [adverb/adjective/verb] (Comparisons in French)
De plus en plus de / de moins en moins de + [nom] = more and more / less and less + [nouns] (Comparisons in French)
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adjectives in French)
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adverbs in French)
Plus que/Moins que/Autant que = More than/Less than/As much as (Comparisons with Verbs in French)
Plus de ... que/Moins de ... que/Autant de ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As much/many ... as (Comparisons with Nouns in French)
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