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🇫🇷 French 20 Most Useful Verbs Flashcards

To be, to have, to want, to go: the twenty verbs that power the majority of everyday sentences. This free deck gives you the 20 essential French words with English translations — read them below, then study them properly with spaced-repetition flashcards.

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EnglishFrench (Français)
to beêtre
to haveavoir
to do / makefaire
to goaller
to comevenir
to wantvouloir
to be able topouvoir
to speakparler
to eatmanger
to drinkboire
to live (reside)habiter
to seevoir
to know (facts)savoir
to givedonner
to saydire
to worktravailler
to buyacheter
to love / likeaimer
to sleepdormir
to takeprendre

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