Verbs 01 Flashcards by Simon Deeley

To introduce (one’s self/somebody)

Se présenter

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to like

aimer

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to adore

adorer

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to prefer

conjugate

préférer

je préfère

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to detest

conjugate

détester

je déteste

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to see again

retrouver

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to ressemble

ressembler à

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to go up (back) up
to go (back) along
etc

remonter

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to cross

traverser

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to pass (in front of)

passer devant

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to go around

contourner

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to shelter / to harbout

abriter

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to link / to bind / to tie

lier

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to welcome

accueillir

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to follow

suivre

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to posses
(alternative to avoir in some cases)

possèder

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to look for

rechercher

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to park

garer

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to borrow

to use/take a method of transport or route

emprunter

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describe

décrire

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to get up

conjugate

se lever

je me lève
nous nous levons

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to go to bed

conjugate

se coucher

je me couche

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to get dressed

conjugate

s’habiller

je m’habille

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to be called / to call oneself

conjugate

s’appeler

je m’appelle
nous nous appelons

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to have fun | conjugate

s’amuser | je m'amuse

to rest / relax

se reposer je me repose

to take a walk | conjugate

se promener je me promène nous nous promenons ils se promènent

to hurry up | conjugate

se dépêcher je me se dépêche nous nous dépêchons

to put on make up

se maquiller je me maquille

to have a shave | conjugate

se raser je me rase

to get ready (oneself) | conjugate

se préparer je me prépare

to have a shower | conjugate

se doucher je me douche

hear | understand / perceive / grasp

entendre

to wake up (oneself) | conjugate

se réveiller je me réveille

to finish (regular)

finir je finis / nous finisson

to choose (regular)

choisir je choisis / nous choisisson

to fill (regular)

remplir je remplis / nous remplisson

to leave (irregular)

partir je pars / nous partons / ils partent

to go out (irregular)

sortir je sors / nous sortons / ils sortent

to grow (up) (regular)

grandir

to grow old / to age (regular)

vieillir

to run (irregular)

courir je cours / nous courons / ils courent

to succeed (regular)

réussir

to feed (regular)

nourrir

to obey (regular - plus preposition)

obéir à

to offer (irregular)

offrir j'offre / nous offrons / ils offrent

to open (irregular)

ouvrir j'ouvre / nous ouvrons / ils ouvrent

to feel / to sense (irregular)

sentir je sens / nous sentons / ils sentent

to roast (regular)

rôtir

to invest (regular)

investir

to sleep (irregular)

dormir je dors / nous dormons / ils dorment

to die (irregular - whole present tense)

mourir ``` je meurs tu meurs il meurt nous mourons vous mourez ils meurent ```

to become (irregular)

devenir Je deviens / nous devenons / ils deviennent

to gather / collect / bring together (regular)

réunir

to warn / notify (reg)

avertir

to build / construct (reg)

bâtir

to demolish / tear down (reg)

démolir

to define / determine (reg)

définir

to lose weight / to slim (reg)

maigrir

to provide / furnish (reg)

fournir

to slow (down) (reg)

ralentir

to land / touch down (reg)

atterrir

to ensure / to guarantee (reg)

garantir

to find (as in retrieve)

retrouver

to correct / to rectify

corriger

to become again

redevenir

to repeat

répéter

to tick / check off

cocher

to meet (up)

rencontrer

to tell / describe / narrate / recount

raconter

to participate (+ preposition)

participer à

to listen

écouter

to listen again

réécouter

to note / to notice

remarquer

``` to relax (conjugate 1st per) to take a break (from work) ```

se détendre je me détends

to decipher / to decrypt or encrypt / to unscramble

déchiffrer

to deal with / to handle | x2

traiter de | s’intéresser à

to gather / to bring together

rassembler

to launch / to start

lancer

to draw / to pull / to shoot

tirer

to value / to prize / to savor

priser

to raise / to lift / to stir up

soulever

to have (in the sense of... to feature or provide)

disposer de

to stay (as in... i.e. at a place)

séjourner

to reveal / disclose / show

révéler

to force / compel / impose

obliger

to merge

fusionner

to indulge (one's self) in

s'adonner à

to add

ajouter

to encourage / to favour

favoriser

to invest

investir

to create

créer

to resume / regain / recover / retake

reprendre

to tie / knot / form / scheme

nouer

to mention / note / remark

mentionner

to cancel / to undo

annuler

to include / to involve / to entail

comporter

to offer / to propose

proposer

to understand / to comprise / to include

comprendre

to associate / to join / to relate (one thing to another)

associer

to follow / to monitor | note the conjugation

suivre je suis / tu suis / il suit / nouns suivons / vous suivez / ils suivent

to go for walks (verb & phrase)

se promener / faire des promenades

to surf (verb & phrase)

surfer / faire du surf

to go for a swim (verb & phrase)

se baigner / faire de la baignade

to play (games/sports) - (verb & phrase)

jouer à / faire des jeux

to hunt / to go hunting (verb & phrase)

chasser / aller à la chasse

to fish / to go fishing (verb & phrase)

pêcher / aller à la pêche

to lounge around

paresser

to download (from internet)

télécharger

to find out (as in to get info, to inform oneself)

se renseigner

to try / to attempt

essayer

to recall

se rappeler

to tell (eg a story)

raconter

to attend (with prep)

assister à

to lend

prêter

to take advantage (of the opportunity)

profiter (de l'occasion)

to approach / draw near / come near

approcher

to wait / to expect

attendre ``` j'attends tu attends il attend nous attendons vous attendez ils attendent ```

to print

imprimer

to delete

supprimer

to attach | plus conjugation of present

joindre ``` je joins tu joins il joint nous joignons vous joignez ils joignent ```

to copy

copier

to paste

coller

to cut

couper

to type

taper

to save (on a computer)

sauvegarder

to download

télécharger

to classify / to rank / to rate

classer

to design / to conceive | conjugate

concevoir ``` je conçois tu conçois il conçoit nous concevons vous concevez ils conçoivent ```

to receive | conjugate

recevoir ``` je reçois tu reçois il reçoit nous recevons vous recevez ils reçoivent ```

to perceive / to glimpse / to notice | conjugate

apercevoir ``` j'aperçois tu aperçois il aperçoit nous apercevons vous apercevez ils aperçoivent ```

to see | conjugate

voir ``` je vois tu vois il/elle voit nous voyons vous voyez ils/elles voient ```

to seem / to appear / to look like | conjugate

paraître ``` je parais tu parais il paraît nous paraissons vous paraissez ils paraissent ```

to access

accéder

to remember

se souvenir

to defend

défendre

to lie

mentir

to recover, to get well

guérir

to get old

viellir

to discover

découvrir

to move (house / relocate

déménager

to settle in / to settle down (in a place, having moved)

s'installer

to get bored

s’ennuyer

to go to bed / to lie down

se coucher

to meet

se rencontrer

to disappear | conjugate

disparaître ``` je disparais tu disparais il disparaît / ait nous disparaissons vous disparaissez ils disparaissent ```

to sweat (conj)

suer ``` je sue tu sues il sue nous suons vous suez ils suent ```

to damage

endommager

to highlight / stress/ underline (conj)

souligner ``` je souligne tu soulignes il souligne nous soulignons vous soulignez ils soulignent ```

to replace / substitute

remplacer

to require / demand

exiger

to ship / send / dispatch

expédier

to check / to verify

vérifier

to solve / resolve (conj)

résoudre ``` je résous tu résous il résout nous résolvons vous résolvez ils résolvent ```

to reimburse

rembourser

to lower / to reduce

baisser

to put on sale / to sell off

solder

to exceed / to surpass

dépasser

to bring back (conj)

ramener ``` je ramène tu ramènes il ramène nous ramenons vous ramenez ils ramènent ```

to live (conj)

vivre ``` je vis tu vis il vit nous vivons vous vivez ils vivent ```

to move

bouger ``` je bouge tu bouges il bouge nous bougeons vous bougez ils bougent ```

to suffer from

souffrir de

to slide / to slip

glisser

to limp

boiter

to drop (something) / to allow to fall

se laisser tomber

to give birth

accoucher

to examine with a stethoscope

ausculter

to prescribe

prescrire

to unwind (as in relax)

décompresser

to boil (conj)

bouillir ``` je bous tu bous il bout nous bouillons vous bouillez ils bouillent ```

to miss (tv program) / to fail (a test)

rater

to be based on (something)

reposer sur

to debate (about) - (conj)

débattre de ``` je débats tu débats il débat nous débattons vous débattez ils débattent ```

to improve / to enhance (conj)

améliorer ``` j'améliore tu améliores il améliore nous améliorons vous améliorez ils améliorent ```

to fight / to combat

lutter

to relieve / alleviate (pain)

soulager

to travel (literally: to get around)

se déplacer

to devote oneself to

se consacrer à

to benefit from (conj 1st pers)

bénéficier de je bénéficie de

to frame (metaphorically) / to define

encadrer

to record (sound or document) / to register

enregistrer

to meet up / to get together

se réunir

to predict (conj)

prédire ``` je prédis tu prédis il prédit nous prédisons vous prédisez ils prédisent ```

to flee (conj)

fuir ``` je fuis tu fuis il fuit nous fuyons vous fuyez ils fuient ```

to make use (of it, of something, etc)

s'en servir

to publish (conj)

publier ``` je publie tu publies il publie nous publions vous publiez ils publient ```

to sumarise / to sum up

résumer

to laugh (colloq)

rigoler (= rire)

to suspect

soupçonner

to darken (conj)

foncer ``` je fonce tu fonces il fonce nous fonçons vous foncez ils foncent ```

to link together / to chain up

enchaîner

to grunt

grogner

to haunt

hanter

to hit / to strike / to knock

frapper

to ring / to sound

sonner

to have fun (oneself) - (conj)

distraire ``` je distrais tu distrais il distrait nous distrayons vous distrayez ils distraien ```

``` to hide (non reflexive) to lurk (when reflexive) ```

cacher | se cacher

to begin with (alternative to commence)

debuter par

to spit / to spit out

cracher

to hold

détenir

to fence in / to enclose (conj)

clôturer ``` je clôture tu clôtures il clôture nous clôturons vous clôturez ils clôturent ```

``` to disguise (non reflexive) to dress up (reflexive) ```

déguiser | se déguiser

to miss (colloquial way to say it - x2)

rater | louper

to manage to / to succeed in

arriver à

to adapt / to convert (a mechanism or car perhaps)

aménager

to rain it's raining it rained

· pleuvoir · il pleut · il a plu

to remove (conj)

enlever ``` j'enlève tu enlèves il enlève nous enlevons vous enlevez ils enlèvent ```

to score (in a game)

marquer

to check or control

contrôler | NB: vérifier is also to check/verify

to shoot (on)

tirer sur

to kill / to murder

tuer (regular conj)

to get rid of

se débarrasser

to play (for a musical instrument)

jouer de...

to learn to

apprendre à...

to consist in/of (two prepositions possible)

consister à / en

to allow to do

permettre de faire

``` to testify (one preposition) to bear witness to (other preposition) ```

témoigner que.. | témoigner de...

to tidy up / to put away / to tidy away

ranger

to take away / to carry away

emporter

to surround / to encircle / to encompass

entourer

to take place | alternative to 'avoir lieu' which has the sense of 'unwind itself

se dérouler

to mingle / to blend

mêler

to dilute / mix

délayer

to spread

étaler

to cut up

découper

to peel

peler

to grate / rasp

râper

to lean on

se pencher sur

to knead / to massage

malaxer

to include (conj)

inclure ``` j'inclus tu inclus il inclut nous incluons vous incluez ils incluent ```

to protect oneself from... | to protect oneself against...

se protéger de | se protéger contre

to dissolve (conj)

dissoudre ``` je dissous tu dissous il dissout nous dissolvons vous dissolvez ils dissolvent ```

to feel / to experience (conj)

ressentir ``` je ressens tu ressens il ressent nous ressentons vous ressentez ils ressentent ```

to mix

mélanger

to flow / run | note: to run out / elapse / expire

couler | NB: écouler

to prevent / to stop

empêcher

to wish / to desire

souhaiter

to sulk

bouder

to lay (egg)

pendre

to claim / demand (a right or justice)

revendiquer

to attend (an event)- with preposition!

assister à

to keep / to look after

garder

to boast / to brag

se vanter

to catch up with / to make up for | to make up lost time

rattraper (le temps perdu)

to water

arroser

to find your bearings / to locate yourself

se repérer

close (alternative to fermer) (conj)

clore ``` je clos tu clos il clôt nous closons vous closez ils closent ```

to invade / overrun (conj)

envahir ``` j'envahis tu envahis il envahit nous envahissons vous envahissez ils envahissent ```

to empty / to drain

vider

to lead / conduct / guide

mener ``` je mène tu mènes il mène nous menons vous menez ils mènent ```

to lead sb to sth | to lead sb to do

amener qn à qch amener qn à faire (NB: conj like mener)

to take sb somewhere

emmener qn quelque part | NB: conj like mener

to master / to control / to bring under control

maîtriser

``` to guarantee (alternative to garantir - for business) to support / to uphold ```

cautionner

to fall (down)

chuter

to happen / to take place

se passer

``` to complain (to somebody about something) (conj) ```

se plaindre (à qn de qch) ``` je me plains tu te plains il se plaint nous nous plaignons vous vous plaignez ils se plaignent ```

to bite (conj)

mordre ``` je mords tu mords il mord nous mordons vous mordez ils mordent ```

to turn off / switch off (eg. something electrical) | NB: to turn off a tap is fermer (close)

éteindre ``` j'éteins tu éteins il éteint nous éteignons vous éteignez ils éteignent ```

``` to slam/band (a door) to flap (curtain) to chatter (teeth) to snap (fingers) (1 verb) ```

claquer

to succeed / to pass (exam) (conj) NB: if followed by an infinitive use the preposition 'à'

réussir (à) ``` je réussis tu réussis il réussit nous réussissons vous réussissez ils réussissent ```

``` to break (x3) NB: but maybe are not interchangeable in set phrases - one is conjugated overleaf ```

casser briser rompre ``` je romps tu romps il rompt nous rompons vous rompez ils rompent ```

to mature (people or fruit)

mûrir ``` je mûris tu mûris il mûrit nous mûrissons vous mûrissez ils mûrissent ```

to knit

tricoter

to fail

échouer

to concentrate (yourself)

se concentrer

``` to support (in terms of help) to meet the needs ```

subvenir à

``` to sort (clothes/objects) to sift ```

trier | note, 'triage' is a sorting

``` to house to accomodate (to give accomodation) ```

loger

to rob / to burglarise

cambrioler | (also 'voler' which can mean rob or steal - but it means to fly mainly.

to aquire

acquérir ``` j'acquiers (j'ak-ee-air) tu acquiers il acquiert nous acquérons vous acquérez ils acquièrent ```

to commit (oneself) to

s'engager sur

to sustain / to support

soutenir

to waste / squander / throw away

gâcher

to exclude / to leave out (conj)

exclure ``` j'exclus tu exclus il exclut nous excluons vous excluez ils excluent ```

to insert

insérer

to undertake

entreprendre

to try hard (to do)

s'efforcer (de faire)

Verbs 01 Flashcards

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