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Plus elle voyage, plus elle parle naturellement et couramment.

Plus elle voyage, plus elle parle naturellement et couramment.
The more she travels, the more naturally and fluently she speaks.
From Lesson 198:Proportional comparisons (plus... plus...)·French

Breakdown of Plus elle voyage, plus elle parle naturellement et couramment.

elle
she
et
and
parler
to speak
voyager
to travel
plus
more
couramment
fluently
naturellement
naturally

Questions & Answers about Plus elle voyage, plus elle parle naturellement et couramment.

Why is there no word for "the" before plus, like there is in English?
In French parallel comparatives, you never use definite articles like le or la. You simply start the clause directly with plus (more) or moins (less).
Does starting the phrase with plus change the sentence's word order?
No. You keep the standard subject-verb order. You say plus elle voyage (more she travels), without flipping the subject and verb like you sometimes do when starting sentences with other adverbs.
Why doesn't the French sentence put naturellement right after plus to match the English "the more naturally"?
In English, we group "the more" with the adverb. French can do this too (plus naturellement elle parle), but it is just as correct and very natural to keep the adverb after the verb it modifies: plus elle parle naturellement (literally: more she speaks naturally).
How do we get the ending -amment for the word couramment?
Most French adverbs are formed by adding -ment to the feminine adjective, just like naturelle becomes naturellement. However, for adjectives ending in -ant (like courant, meaning fluent), you drop the -ant and add -amment.

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