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Vocabulaire

Les verbes en -er

Here are some common regular -er verbs:

 
Français Anglais Français Anglais
adorer to love, to adore   fermer to close, to shut
aimer to like, to love   habiter (à) to live (in)
arriver to arrive   manger* to eat
chercher to look for   oublier to forget
commencer* to start, to begin   parler to speak, to talk
danser to dance   partager* to share
déjeuner to eat lunch   penser to think
dessiner to draw   regarder to look (at)
détester to hate, to detest   rencontrer to meet
discuter to discuss   rentrer to return, go back
donner to give   travailler to work
écouter to listen (to)   voyager* to travel
étudier to study  
cuisiner, dîner, jouer, nager, rencontrer (to cook, to eat diner (France), to play, to swim, to meet)


 

Note

Manger, partager and voyager are slightly irregular in the nous forms because of the ‘g’ in the last syllable. You add -ons, but do not drop the e from the ending: mangeons, partageons, voyageons. The verbs commencer and others ending in -cer (like effacer [to erase]) change the c to a ç in the nous form: commençons, effaçons.

 

Ressources supplémentaires

Visit this website to learn more about -er verbs: Regular -er verbs

 

Les adverbes

You can modify your verbs with different adverbs that express frequency (often, rarely), quantity (a lot, a little), or how & when something is done (slowly, together, early, etc.). Inserting these adverbs changes the way to understand the action. Here are some useful adverbs:

Adverbes:

 
Français Anglais Phrases
souvent often Elles dessinent souvent.
tous les jours everyday J’étudie tous les jours.
toujours always J’oublie toujours mes clés.
beaucoup a lot J’aime beaucoup le chocolat.
rarement rarely Nous voyageons rarement.
parfois sometimes Je joueparfois au football.
ensemble together Ils étudient ensemble.
maintenant now Évelyne étudie maintenant.
tard late Nous déjeunons tard.
tôt early Patrick travaille tôt.
en retard late Tu arrives en retard.
en avance early, in advance On arrive en avance.

As you can see in the table above, the adverb (bolded) is usually placed right after the verb; this is not the case in English.

 

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