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La fille est très bavarde, elle rit beaucoup.

La fille est très bavarde, elle rit beaucoup.
The girl is very talkative, she laughs a lot.
From Lesson 49:Very vs. a lot (très, beaucoup)·French

Breakdown of La fille est très bavarde, elle rit beaucoup.

être
to be
la fille
the girl
elle
she
très
very
beaucoup
a lot, much
bavard
talkative
rire
to laugh

Questions & Answers about La fille est très bavarde, elle rit beaucoup.

Why do we use très before bavarde, but beaucoup after rit?
This is the main rule for intensifiers! We use très (very) to strengthen an adjective, like bavarde (talkative). But to show that an action happens a lot, we use beaucoup (a lot) directly after the verb, like rit (laughs).
Why does bavarde end in an -e here?
In French, adjectives must match the noun they describe. Since la fille (the girl) is feminine, we add an -e to the masculine adjective bavard to make it bavarde.
Can I say elle rit très beaucoup to mean 'she laughs very much'?
No, that is a common trap! In English we say 'very much', but in French you never put très and beaucoup together. To say someone does an action a lot or very much, just use beaucoup by itself after the verb.
What verb is rit?
It is the verb rire (to laugh). It is an irregular verb, and here it is in the elle (she) form, which gives us rit.

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