Breakdown of Elle fait parfaitement ce mouvement.
Questions & Answers about Elle fait parfaitement ce mouvement.
How is the adverb parfaitement formed from an adjective?
It comes from the masculine adjective parfait (perfect). To make it an adverb, you first change it to its feminine form parfaite, and then add the ending -ment. This gives you parfaitement (perfectly). Both parfaitement and mouvement end in -ment. Are they both adverbs?
No! While adding -ment is the standard way to form adverbs in French (just like adding -ly in English), it is also a very common ending for masculine nouns, like le mouvement (the movement). You can tell mouvement is a noun here because it comes right after the word ce (this). Why is the adverb parfaitement placed in the middle of the sentence instead of at the end?
In French, adverbs that describe a verb usually go immediately after the conjugated verb. While in English we say 'She does this movement perfectly' putting the adverb at the end, French prefers keeping the adverb close to the verb: Elle fait parfaitement... (She does perfectly...). Why do we use ce instead of cet or cette before mouvement?
The word mouvement is a masculine singular noun that starts with a consonant, so we use ce (this). You use cette for feminine nouns, and cet is reserved for masculine nouns that start with a vowel or a silent H. Learn Elle fait parfaitement ce mouvement and more in French
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