Verbs, Expressions, and Conjugation Rules

Éteindre

to turn off

Craindre

to fear

C’est à craindre

It is to be feared.

Reconnaître

to recognize

Soutenir

to support

Menacer

to threaten

Déranger

to bother

Déménager

to move out

Mentir

to lie

Sentir

to smell

Se sentir

to feel

Promettre

to promise

Permettre

to permit

S’endormir

to fall asleep

Espérer

to hope

Songer

to think about dreamily

Améliorer

to improve

Renoncer

to quit/renounce

Répéter

to repeat

Renouveler

to renew

Échouer

to fail

Enlever

to take away

Soulever

to lift

Peser

to weigh

Suffir

to suffice

Ça suffit

That's enough.

Empêcher

to prevent someone from doing something

Ressentir

to have a feeling

Se plaindre

to complain

Plaindre

to pity

Servir

to serve

Appartenir (à)

to belong (to)

Sauvegarder

to save (a file)

Valoir

to be worth/to be valued

Il vaut mieux que…

It is better that...

Sauver

to save

Courir

to run

Secourir

to rescue

Suivre

to follow

S’inquiéter

to worry

Ne t’inquiète pas!

Don't worry!

Croire

to believe

Souffrir

to suffer

Se promener

to take a walk

Accueillir

to greet

S’amuser

to have fun

Souhaiter

to hope

Retenir

to hold back

Surprendre

to surprise

Joindre

to join

Détruire

to destroy

S’inscrire à

to enroll

Remettre

to put back

Soumettre

to submit

Commettre

to commit

Aller à la pêche

to go fishing

Aller au fond des choses

to get to the bottom of things

Aller avec quelque chose

to go with something/to match/to fit

Aller bien/mal

to feel well/bad

Aller bon train

to go at a good speed

Aller chercher (quelqu’un ou quelque chose)

to go get (someone or something)

Aller de l’avant

to move forward

Aller droit au but

to go straight to the goal/get straight to the point

Avoir besoin de

to need

Avoir bonne/mauvaise conscience

to have a clear/guilty conscience

Avoir chaud/froid

to be hot/cold

Avoir confiance en

to trust

Avoir de la chance/de la malchance

to be lucky/unlucky

Avoir envie de

to feel like/to want

Avoir hâte (de)

to be excited (to)/be in a hurry (to)

Avoir honte (de)

to be ashamed (of)

Avoir l’air (hereux)

to seem (happy)

Avoir l’habitude de

to be used to

Avoir l’impression de

to have the feeling/to get the impression

Avoir l’intention de

to intend to

Avoir lieu

to take place

Avoir peur de

to be scared of

Avoir plein conscience de

to be fully aware of

Avoir raison/tort

to be right/wrong

Avoir sommeil

to be sleepy

C’est à + stress pronoun + de + infinitive verb

It is ____ turn to do ____.

C’est/Il est/Elle est à + person or stress pronoun

It belongs to ______.

Ça y est!

Done!

Ça m’est égal

I don’t care.

Nous sommes + jour de la semaine

It is (day of the week).

Être à court de

to be short of (something)

Être d’accord

to agree

Être de retour

to be back

Être en train de

to be in the process/middle of

Être en vacances

to be on vacation

Être sur le point de

to be about to

-e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent

Regular -er verb conjugation

-is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent

Regular -ir verb conjugation

-s, -s, nothing, -ons, -ez, -ent

Regular -re verbs

Commencer, nous commençons

Give an example of a -cer verb and the conjugation in which it changes.

Jeter, je jette/tu jettes/il jette/ils jettent

Give an example of a -eter verb and the conjugations in which it changes.

Appeler, j’appelle/tu appelles/il appelle/ils appellent

Give an example of a -eler verb and the conjugations in which it changes.

Mener, je mène/tu mènes/il mène/ils mènent

Give an example of an -ener verb and the conjugations in which it changes.

Lever, je lève/tu lèves/il lève/ils lèvent

Give an example of an -ever verb and the conjugations in which it changes.

Payer, je paie/tu paies/il paie/ils paient

Give an example of a -yer verb and the conjugations in which it changes.