Verbs you already know:
To sing
chanter
To have dinner dîner
To study
étudier
To speak
parler
To phone
téléphoner
to draw
dessiner
to find
trouver
To eat
manger*
To travel
voyager*
New verbs:
To live (in + city) habiter
To invite
inviter
To organize
organiser
To visit (a place) visiter
to arrive
arriver
to pass
passer
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
dance
danser
listen (to)
écouter
play
jouer
look (at)
regarder
work
travailler
like
aimer
meet (up w/friends, for ex) retrouver
swim
nager*
How often? use AFTER the verb:
Well
bien
very well
très bien
Badly, poorly
mal
a lot, much
beaucoup
A little
un peu
often
souvent
Always
toujours
also, too
aussi
Now
maintenant
rarely
rarement
sometimes
des fois
from time to time de temps en temps
How to conjugate regular –er verbs
Verbs are action words. In French, in order to say the “I speak” or “you play”
or “she likes” you need to conjugate the verb, which means to change the
form to show who is doing the action.
FIRST
look at the verb in the infinitive (infinitive = not conjugated form) :
aimer, parler, habiter
SECOND
take off the –er ending so that you have aim-, parl-, habitThis is called the “stem.”
THIRD
add the ending that goes with your subject:
(I)
Je _________-e
(We) Nous _______-ons
(You)
Tu _________-es
(You) Vous _______-ez
(He)
Il ________-e
(They) Ils ________-ent
(She)
Elle ________-e
(They) Elles ________-ent