This essential list of top French verbs can be useful for any French language learner. In everyday interactions, some French verbs are used every other sentence, some heard frequently, and others quite sparingly. The ability to distinguish, conjugate, and utilize the following verbs correctly is a factor which determines if you have a solid understanding of French or not. The following article will break down the most used French Verbs into 3 subsets. At the end of this article, I'll give you one big tip about using French verbs. Keep in mind the "English" definitions of the words are pretty general and do not entail every meaning of the word.
Must know French Verbs:
Knowing these verbs are critical to everyday interaction thus, the conjugations should be known like the back of your hand. If you needed to cram French verbs for your next trip to France, these would be them. Often, you will find yourself using these verbs once or twice per sentence. The first four verbs are the "essential four" verbs of French and many beginner French curriculums encompass these 4 verbs as well as -er verbs.
être (to be): Il est impliqué dans un trafic de drogue et des histoires de voitures volées.
avoir (to have): Ils n'auraient jamais imaginé qu'ils quitteraient un jour ce cloaque humain.
faire (to do): Je ne faisais confiance à personne.
aller (to go): Mon tribunal était hier et j'avais décidé d'y aller sans avocat. Mauvaise idée.
pouvoir (to be able): Puis-je vous aider ?
vouloir (to want): Non, je n'en veux pas !
dire (to say): Qu'est qu'elle a dit ?
venir (to come): Elle venait de se rasseoir devant lui.
voir (to see): Si tu n'y vois pas d'inconvénient, je dinerai chez moi ce soir, tout seul... sans toi... OK ?
savoir (to know): Malheureusement, je n'en sais rien !
Definitely should know French Verbs:
You will hear these verbs often. You will see these verbs often. You will use these verbs often. Knowing how to conjugate these should be a priority. These French verbs are in no specific order. Some of my sentences do not convey the meaning or the verb/nor even utilise the word as a verb, please do not comment about this later.
