FRENCH VERBS A1

ACHETER

to buy

JETER

to throw

APPELER

to call

RAPPELER

to call back

CHANTER

to sing

ALLER

[être] to go

ASSURER

to provide, to insure

AUGMENTER

to augment, to increase (in size)

AVOIR

to have

CHANGER

to change

CHOISIR

to choose

COMPTER

to count

CRÉER

to create

DÉCOUVRIR

to discover

DEMANDER

to ask

DÉVELOPPER

to develop

DEVENIR

[être] to become

DEVOIR

to have to (obligation); to owe

DONNER

to give

ÊTRE

to be

GAGNER

to win

GARDER

to keep; to watch over

GÉRER

to manage; to handle, to deal with

JOUER

to play (a game); to play (a role), to perform; [de] to play (an instrument); [à] to play (a sport)

LAISSER

to let, to allow; to leave; to drop off

LANCER

to launch, to cast

MAINTENIR

to maintain

OBTENIR

to obtain, to get

OFFRIR

to offer

OUBLIER

to forget

PARLER

to speak

PARTIR

[être] to leave; [être][sur] to decide on; [Québec] to start up

PASSER

[être] to go somewhere while on the way to elsewhere; [avoir] to spend (time); [avoir] to take (a test); [avoir] to pass (something to someone)

PAYER

to pay

PENSER

to think

PORTER

to carry; to support, to bear; to wear; to concern, to be about

POUVOIR

to be able to

PRÉSENTER

to introduce, to present

PROFITER

to enjoy

PROPOSER

to propose

RÉALISER

to bring to life (an idea, a product); (AVOID!) to realise, to notice ('rendre compte' instead)

RESTER

[être] to stay

RETROUVER

to find (something lost)

S'APPELER

to be called

SAVOIR

to know (facts and how to do things)

SERVIR

to serve; to need

SORTIR

[être] to go out; [avoir] to take out

TENIR

to hold; to stick to, to adhere to; to get something from someone; to really want; to take someone as, to see someone as

TIRER

to pull, to yank; to shoot, to open fire; to get something from someone; to owe someone something

TRAVAILLER

to work

TROUVER

to find

UTILISER

to use

VENIR

[être] to come

VOIR

to see; to witness; to understand; to make sure that, to see to it that

MANGER

to eat

COMMENCER

to start

ÉCRIRE

to write

LIRE

to read

OUVRIR

to open

DIRE

to say

ATTENDRE

to wait

PRENDRE

to take

PRÉFÉRE

to prefer

DÉTESTER

to hate

ADORER

to love

HABITER

to live

COURIR

to run

FINIR

to finish

VIVRE

to live

FAIRE

to make

METTRE

to put

CONNAîTRE

to know

VOULOIR

to want

AIMER

to like

SE LEVER

BOIRE

to drink

FALLOIR

ATTENDRE

to wait

RENCONTRER

to meet (by chance)

TÉLÉPHONER

to telephone

REGARDER

to watch

MONTRER

to show

ÉTUDIER

to study

ÉCOUTER

to listen to

DANSER

to dance

CHERCHER

to look for

CONSIDÉRER

to consider

espérer

to hope

régler

to regulate, pay,settle,adjust

répéter

to repeat

sécher

to dry, skip(a class)

amener

to brung somebody(along)

emmener

to take somebody (along)

lever

to lift, raise

mener

to take, lead

peser

to weigh

payer

to pay

essayer

to try

voyager

to travel

commncer

to start