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Ces jongleurs lancent les balles plus dangereusement que les clowns.

Ces jongleurs lancent les balles plus dangereusement que les clowns.
These jugglers throw the balls more dangerously than the clowns.
From Lesson 120:Comparative adverbs (plus... que)·French

Questions & Answers about Ces jongleurs lancent les balles plus dangereusement que les clowns.

How does the comparison 'more dangerously than' work in this sentence?
In French, you make comparisons with an adverb using plus (more), moins (less), or aussi (as) followed by the adverb and then que (than). Here, we are saying 'more dangerously than', so we place the adverb dangereusement between plus and que to get plus dangereusement que.
Where does the word dangereusement come from?
To make an adverb (words that often end in '-ly' in English), French generally takes the feminine form of an adjective and adds -ment. The adjective for 'dangerous' is dangereux (masculine) or dangereuse (feminine). Adding -ment to the feminine form gives us dangereusement.
Do I pronounce the -ent at the end of lancent?
No! Even though it is spelled with an -ent, this ending is completely silent on third-person plural verbs (verbs used with 'they'). You pronounce lancent exactly like the singular form, lance.
Why is it Ces jongleurs instead of Ce jongleurs?
Ces is the plural word for 'these' or 'those'. It is used before all plural nouns, whether they are masculine or feminine. Ce is only used for masculine singular nouns (like ce clown). Because jongleurs is plural, it must be ces.

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