Vocabulary Flashcards
Revenir
To come back
Falloir
To need (third person context only)
Eg, Il faut arriver à l’aeroport à 6 heiress du matin (he needs to arrive at the airport at 6 am)
Présenter
To present
Eg, Je te présente mon mari, Dean
(S’)ennuyer
To bore
Eg, Je m’ennuie (I bore myself)
Finir
To finish
Choisir
To choose
Ouvrir
To open
Découvrir
To discover
Courir
To run
Offrir
To offer
Souffrir
To suffer
Dormir
To sleep
(Se) servir
To serve
Comprendre
To understand
Attendre
To wait for
Entendre
To hear
Répondre
To respond
(Se) perdre
To lose
Conduire
To drive/ conduct
Relire
To re-read
Élire
To elect
Traduire
To translate
Produire
To produce
Construire
To construct
Détruire
To destruct
(S)’inscrire
To register
Mettre
To put/ to place
Promettre
To promise
Admettre
To admit
Vivre
To live/ be alive
Suivre
To follow
Eg, Je suis un cours de biologie (I am following a biology course)
Croire
To believe
Recevoir
To receive
Pleuvoir
To rain
Is only conjugated in third person masculine (il pleut)
Obtenir
To get/ obtain
Réfléchir
To reflect on
Mentir
To lie
Assister
To attend [a meeting or event]
Eg, J’assiste à la réunion (I am attending the meeting)
Tenir
To hold
Vendre
To sell
Défendre
To defend
Interdire
To forbid
Revoir
To see again; to review
Prevoir
To expect
Plaire
To please (or polite form - can you please do something)
Eg, S’il tu plaît (if you please)
The passé composé of Plaire is plu, which is the same passé composé as pleuvoir: S’il tu as plu
Tomber
To fall
Décéder
To die
Retourner
To return to/ to go back
Monter
To climb/ to go up
Sortir
To go out
Mortir
To die
Descendre
To descend/ go down
Naître
To be born
Dépêcher
To hurry
Se rappeler
To recall/ to remember
Promener
To take a walk
Réunir
To reunite
(S’) intéresser
To be interested
Devenir
To become
Souvenir
Memory/ to remember?
Continuer
To continue
Réussir
To succeed
Grandir
To grow
Battre
To beat
Reconnaître
To recognize
Haîr
To hate
Enrichir
To enrich
Enfuir
To escape
Cueillir
To gather (pronounced “ke-yir”)
Acquéir
To acquire
Distraire
To distract
Taire
To hush up
Plaindre
To complain
Coudre
To sew
Resoudre
To solve
Rejoindre
To join
Conclure
To conclude
Interrompre
To interrupt
Convaincre
Convince
Valoir
Worth/ value
(S’) asseoir
To sit
(S’) apercevoir
To realize/ to notice
Émouvoir
To move
Oublier
To forget
Créer
To create
Gagner
To win/ to earn (as in salary)
Espérer
To hope/ expect/ look forward to
Employer
To employ/ to use
Envoyer
To send
Couvrir
To cover
Évanouir
To fade away/ fade out/ become faint
Croître
To grow/ expand/ escalate
Décevoir
To disappoint/ to deceive