French Verbs Flashcards
se détendre
to relax
se défouler
to unwind
passer
to spend time
voyager
to travel
loger
to lodge
réserver
to book/reserve
acheter
to buy
visiter
to visit
perdre
to lose
prendre
to take
se renseigner
to get information
laisser
to leave (behind)/to allow
trouver
to find
chercher
to look for
Ned: it sounds like searcher!
- faire des achats
- faire des courses
- faire du shopping
- faire les magazines
to go shopping
faire du lèche vitrine
to go window-shopping
Ned: window shopping is when you just go and have a look for the enjoyment of it, like you did in Curry’s. Vitrine is a pane of glass, lèche is lick!
tomber en panne
to break down eg car
(Ned: tomber is to fall; laisser-tomber is to drop, or let fall)
rater le train
to miss the train
avoir des problèms
to have problems
avoir du mal à
to have difficulty (doing something - literally ‘I have bad at’)
remplacer
to replace
dormir
to sleep
se balader
to go for a walk
faire de la voile
to sail, do sailing
(Ned: la voile is the sail)
faire de la luge
to do sledging
(Ned I’ve changed it from ‘tobogganing’ because a toboggan is a child’s slide in French!)
faire de la planche à voile
to windsurf or do windsurfing
faire de l’aviron
to row, to do rowing
faire du patin à glacé
to ice-skate or do ice-skating
(Ned ‘glace’ is ice)
profiter
to benefit or take advantage of
(eg the good weather)
essayer de
to try
se promener
to go for a walk
se reposer
to rest
fêter
to celebrate, party
(Ned the hat on the ‘e’ represents an ‘s’ that was removed hundreds of years ago: so ‘fête’ would have been a ‘feste’ or feast!)
célébrer
to celebrate
commander
to order
boire
to drink
offrir
to offer
découvrir
to discover
(Ned: like to de-cover it)
attendre
to wait
préperer
to prepare
attirer
to attract
s’amuser
to have fun
accueiller
to welcome
améliorer
to improve
(Ned: ameliorate is a word in English!)
résoudre
to solve
serrer la main
to shake hands
ouvrir
to open
fermer
to shut
bloquer
to block
s’embrasser
to kiss
apprécier
to appreciate
remarquer
to notice
(also apercevoir)
gagner
to win, or to earn (eg gagner la vie is to earn a living)
faire du bénévolat
to do charity work
acquérir
to acquire
trier
to separate eg recycling
avoir raison
to be right, to have reason
distribuer
distribute
aider
to help
bâtir
to build
construire
to build/construct
courir
to run
faire du recyclage
recycler
to recycle
faire in stage
to do work experience
se marier
to get married
épouser
to marry someone
(Ned remember that missing ‘a’ for the hat? That makes this ‘espouse’!)
apprendre
to learn
conduire
to drive
venir
to come
partir
to leave (a place)
travailler
to work
donner
to give
soigner
to heal
se chauffer
to warm
s’habiller
to get dressed
se lever
to get up
se brosser les dents
to brush your teeth
se coucher
to go to bed
faire la grasse matinée
to sleep in (literally to do the greasy morning!)
écouter
to listen
donner un coup de main
to give a hand
faire une difference
to make a difference
avoir tort
to be wrong
avoir sommeil
to have sleep/be sleepy
avoir soif
to have thirst/be thirsty
aborder
to tackle
