50 Essential French Verbs

Question 1

Acheter

Answer 1

To buy

Question 2

Aimer

Answer 2

To like/love

Question 3

Aller

Answer 3

To go

Question 4

s’en aller

Answer 4

to go away

Question 5

Apprendre

Answer 5

To learn

Question 6

Avoir

Answer 6

To have

Question 7

Boire

Answer 7

To drink

Question 8

chanter

Answer 8

To sing

Question 9

Choisir

Answer 9

To choose, select, pick

Question 10

Commencer

Answer 10

To begin, start, commence

Question 11

Connaître

Answer 11

To know, to be acquainted with, to make the acquaintance of

Question 12

Courir

Answer 12

To run, race

Question 13

Couvrir

Answer 13

To cover

Question 14

Se débrouiller

Answer 14

To manage, to improvise, to get by

Question 15

Devoir

Answer 15

To have to, must, ought, should

Question 16

Dire

Answer 16

To say, tell

Question 17

Donner

Answer 17

To give

Question 18

Dormir

Answer 18

To sleep

Question 19

Écrire

Answer 19

To write

Question 20

Entendre

Answer 20

To hear, understand

Question 21

Entrer

Answer 21

To enter, come in, go in

Question 22

Envoyer

Answer 22

To send

Question 23

Éteindre

Answer 23

To extinguish, shut down, turn off

Question 24

Être

Answer 24

To be

Question 25

Étudier

Answer 25

To study

Question 26

Faire

Answer 26

To do, to make

Question 27

Finir

Answer 27

To finish, to end, to complete, to terminate.

Question 28

Garder

Answer 28

To guard, keep, retain

Question 29

Jouer

Answer 29

To play

Question 30

Laver

Answer 30

To wash

Question 31

Se laver

Answer 31

To wash oneself

Question 32

Se lever

Answer 32

To get up

Question 33

Lire

Answer 33

To read

Question 34

Manger

Answer 34

To eat

Question 35

Mettre

Answer 35

To put, to place, to put on clothing

Question 36

Se mettre

Answer 36

To begin, to start, to place oneself

Question 37

Monter

Answer 37

To go up, to ascend, to take up, bring up, mount

Question 38

Parler

Answer 38

To talk, to speak

Question 39

Partir

Answer 39

To leave, depart

Question 40

Payer

Answer 40

To pay (for)

Question 41

Perdre

Answer 41

To lose

Question 42

Pouvoir

Answer 42

To be able, can

Question 43

Prendre

Answer 43

To take

Question 44

Rendre

Answer 44

To give back, to return (something), to render, to vomit

Question 45

Rentrer

Answer 45

To return

Question 46

Savoir

Answer 46

To know (how)

Question 47

Sentir

Answer 47

To feel, smell, perceive

Question 48

Sortir

Answer 48

To go out/leave

Question 49

Tenir

Answer 49

To hold, to grasp

Question 50

Tomber

Answer 50

To fall

Question 51

Vendre

Answer 51

To sell

Question 52

Venir

Answer 52

To come

Question 53

Voir

Answer 53

To see

Question 54

Vouloir

Answer 54

To want