pouvoir - to be able to, can je peuxĮxample: Tu peux me passer le café ? (“Can you pass the coffee to me?”) 5.
faire - to make, to do je faisĮxample: Tu fais toujours de la danse ? (“Are you still practicing dancing?”) 4. avoir - to have j’aiĮxample: J’ai envie de manger une glace. Heads up: être (like avoir) is one of the most common French verbs because you use it in combination with a past participle to form the passé composé, like in the sentence: La semaine dernière, nous sommes allés à la mer. Vous êtes (“you are”)Įxample: Je suis devant le cinéma. (“I am in front of the movie theater.”) First, though, you can check out our helpful infographic for the five most common French verbs. To give you a head start, here are the 20 most common verbs you will need when speaking French, plus their present-tense conjugation and a practical sentence to use in everyday conversation.
No matter the context, these 20 verbs will pop up everywhere, making them easy to learn, memorize and practice. There’s no reason to feel overwhelmed when you have a good strategy: Start by getting your head around the most common French verbs.
So you’re super motivated to learn French, but also kind of intimidated by the sheer volume of new words you have to learn? Don’t worry, that’s normal.
