Grammatical class

Adverb

guère

(with ne) hardly, barely

Details

Syllables

guè-re

Phonetics

gɛʁ

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

502

Freq. (movies)

2504

Freq. (news)

2302

Sentences

Je ne comprends guère le français.

I hardly understand French.

A1

Il ne parle guère.

He doesn't talk much.

A1

Je ne le vois guère.

I don't see much of him.

A1

Ce n'est guère le cas.

It's hardly the case.

A1

Je ne travaille guère.

I hardly work.

A1

Ça n'est guère étonnant.

That's hardly surprising.

A2

Je ne vois guère de choix.

I don't see much choice.

A2

Ceci ne me surprend guère.

This doesn't surprise me.

B1

Il ne lit guère de journaux.

He doesn't read many newspapers.

B1

Il n'avait guère d'autre choix.

He had little choice.

B1

On ne leur a guère laissé le choix.

We didn't give them a choice.

B1

Il ne parle guère anglais.

He barely speaks English.

B2