verb list (g) Flashcards

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gagner

Pres Part: gagnant

Past Part: avoir gagné

Imp: gagne / gagnons / gagnez

A

to win, to earn, to gain

gagner sa vie - to earn one’s living

gagner d’argent - to earn money

gagner du temps - to save time

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garder

Pres Part: gardant

Past Part: avoir gardé

Imp: garde / gardons / gardez

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to guard, to keep, to retain

se garder - to porotect oneself

une guardienne d’enfants - childminder

une garde-robe - wardrobe

un garde-manger - pantry

prendre garde de - to take care not to

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gâter

Pres Part: gâtant

Past Part: avoir gâté

Imp: gâte / gâtons / gâtez

A

to spoil, to damage

gâter un enfant - to spoil a child

se gâter - to spoil oneself

une gâterie - a treat

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geler

Pres Part: gelant

Past Part: avoir gelé

Imp: gèle / gelons / gelez

A

to freeze

Il gèle - its freezing

congeler - to freeze, to congeal

le gel - frost

le point de congélation - freezing point

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gêner

Pres Part: gênant

Past Part: avoir gêné

Imp: gêne / gênons / gênez`

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to bother, to hamper, to constrict, to hinder, to impede, to inconvenience (to trouble)

est-ce que ça vous gêne si je fume?

se gêner - to inconvenience oneself

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gésir

Pres Part: gisant

Past Part: -

Imp: -

NOTE: used only in present & imperfect tenses, and refers to dead or sick (dying) people,, and inanimate objects that have been felled

A

to lie down, to be lying down

Je gis / gisais, Tu gis / gisais, Il gît / gisait, Nous gisons / gisions, Vous gisez / gisiez, Ils gisent / gisaient

un gisement - layer, deposit

Ci-git … - here lies …

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goûter

Pres Part: goûtant

Past Part: avoir goûté

Imp: goûte / goûtons / goûtez

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to taste, to have a snack, to enjoy

le goûter - snack, bite to eat

goûter sur l’herbe - to have a picnic

de mauvais goût - in bad taste

avoir un goût de - to taste like

dégoûter - to disgust

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grandir

Pres Part: grandissant

Past Part: avoir grandi

Imp: grandis / grandissons / grandissez

A

to grow (up / taller), to increase

le grandissement - growth

grandiose - grand

la grandeur - size, greatness, stature

agrandir - to expand, to enlarge

un agrrandissement - enlargment, extension

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gratter

Pres Part: grattant

Past Part: avoir gratté

Imp: gratte / grattons / grattez

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to grate, to scrape, to scratch

une gratte - scraper

un gratte-ciel - skyscraper

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grêler

Pres Part: grêlant

Past Part: avoir grêlé

Imp: Qu’il grêle

*Impersonal verb used in 3rd Person singular only

A

to hail (weather)

la grêle - hail (weather)

une avers de grêle - hail storm

un grêlon - hail stone

(as an adj - thin, slender: un bras grêle - a thin arm)

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grimper

Pres Part: grimpant

Past Part: avoir grimpé

Imp: grimpe / grimpons / grimpez

A

to climb

grimper à l’echelle - to climb a ladder

une plante grimpante - climbing plant

une grimpée, une grimpette - steep climb

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gronder

Pres Part: grondant

Past Part: avoir grondé

Imp: gronde / grondons / grondez

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to chide, to reprimand, to scold

une grandeuse - a scolder

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guérir

Pres Part: guérissant

Past Part: avoir guéri

Imp: guéris / guérissons / guérissez

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to heal, to cure, to remedy, to recover

une guérison - healing, cure

guérir de - to recover from

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