soudain versus soudainment

Valerie L.A1Kwiziq community member

This excerise, says 'soudain' instead of 'soudainment'... can someone speak to this for me please :) Or point me to a lesson! Thank you.

And sudden -- instead of And suddenly.

Asked 9 months ago

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Valerie,

it is an unusual one, but ‘ soudain ‘ is used as an adverb in its own right, as well as being an adjective.

It is a synonym of ‘ soudainement ‘ as an adverb and can translate to English as ‘suddenly’

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/soudain

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/soudain/73592

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/soudainement/73594

Like29 months ago

This excerise, says 'soudain' instead of 'soudainment'... can someone speak to this for me please :) Or point me to a lesson! Thank you.

And sudden -- instead of And suddenly.

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