Bon vs Bien en Francais
#cards/french/grammar #review
Bon and bien can both be adjective and adverb (and noun), so it’s rather confusing.
H2 Adjective case
Bon is usually used to modify a noun, whereas bien is used with copular verbs1
So, we have
Il a une bonne idée.
Son idée marche bien.
H2 Adverb case
Use bon as adverb after sentir, faire, tenir to mean that it’s pleasant
Otherwise use bien
When used as adjective, bien is invariant
H2 Noun
#stub
H2 Expressions
pour de bon
?
once and for all
bon marché
?
cheap
H2 References
verbs that joins an adjective to a subject such as
He looks comfortable
If “looks” were not a copular verb, it would be:
↩︎He looks comfortably