tellement discrètement ("so discreetly")
An adverb that modifies an Infinitive (verbal noun) generally comes after the infinitive: marcher lentement ("to walk slowly")
But negative adverbs, such as pas ("not"), plus ("not any more"), and jamais come before the infinitive: ne pas marcher ("not to walk")
An adverb that modifies a main verb or clause comes either after the verb, or before the clause: Lentement il commença à marcher or Il commença lentement à marcher ("Slowly, he began to walk"
or "He began slowly to walk").
Note that, unlike in English, this is true even of negative adverbs:
Jamais je n'ai fait cela or Je n'ai jamais fait cela ("Never have I done that" or "I've never done that") List of common adverbs
après
1. afterwards
On va au cinéma après
We'll go to the cinema afterwards
2. also a preposition
Grammatical Gender
Gender of nouns
In French, all nouns have a grammatical gender, that is, they are masculine or feminine for the purposes of grammar only.
Most nouns that express entities with gender (people and animals) use both a feminine form and a masculine form, for example, the two words for "actor" in French are acteur (m) and actrice (f).
The nouns that express entities without gender (e.g., objects and abstract concepts) have only one form. This form can be masculine or feminine. For example, la voiture (the car) can only be feminine; le stylo (the pen) can only be masculine.
There are some nouns that express entities with gender for which there is only one form, which is used regardless of the actual gender of the entity, for example, the word for person; personne; is always feminine, even if the person is male, and the word for teacher; professeur; is always masculine even if the teacher is female.
With all that being said, there are three nouns in French where gender is altered when put in the plural form: amour (un bel amour => des belles amours orgue délice
Examples
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Gender of Nouns Genre des Noms
Common Endings Used
Masculine
With Masculine Nouns:
le cheval
the horse
-age
le fromage
the cheese
le chien
the dog
-r
le professeur
the teacher
le livre
the book
-t
le chat
the cat
le bruit
the noise
-isme
le capitalisme
capitalism
Common Endings Used
Feminine
With Feminine Nouns:
la colombe
the dove
-ie
la boulangerie
the bakery
la chemise
the shirt
-ion
la nation
the nation
la maison
the house
-ite/-ité la fraternité
brotherhood
la liberté
liberty
-nce
la balance
the scales
-nne
la fille
the girl
-mme
