200 first French verbs

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List of your 200 first French verbs. AUDIO by Anne, with a French accent.

I’m not sure exactly how many French verbs there are in French. I’d say there are thousands of them.  In any case, there are about 500 irregular verbs. However, some of these verbs are repeats (for instance, verbs in SE, verbs in RE-,  etc.), which are conjugated the same way as the root verb. So it’s not like you have a memorize thousands of different conjugations. I believe that if you know between 200 of them, you’ll be all set to have a very fluent French conversation.

Je ne sais pas exactement combien il y a de verbes en français. Certainement des milliers. En tous cas, il y a environ 500 verbes irréguliers. Cependant, certains de ces verbes sont des répétitions (par exemple, les verbes en SE, les verbes en RE-, etc.), qui sont conjugués de la même façon que le verbe-racine. Donc vous n’êtes pas obligé d’apprendre des milliers de conjugaisons. Je pense que si vous en savez 200, cela est largement suffisant pour parler français très couramment.

200 first French verbs

to accept	accepter
to allow	permettre
to answer	répondre
to arrive	arriver
to ask	demander
to ask a question	poser une question
to attend	assister à
to be	être
to be able to, can	pouvoir
to be angry	être fâché
to be born	naître
to be worth	valoir
to become	devenir
to believe, to think	croire
to borrow	emprunter
to break	casser
to bring along	amener
to bring over	apporter
to brush	brosser
to build	construire
to buy	acheter
to call	appeler
to call on the phone	appeler au téléphone, téléphoner à
to change	changer
to choose	choisir
to clean up	nettoyer
to close	fermer
to comb	peigner
to come	venir
to come as a consequence	s'ensuivre
to come back	revenir
to cook	faire la cuisine, cuisiner
to count	compter
to cross, to go through	traverser
to cut	couper
to dance	danser
to describe	décrire
to die	mourir
to dirty	salir
to discover	découvrir
to draw	dessiner
to dress someone else	habiller quelqu’un
to drink	boire
to drive a vehicle	conduire
to eat	manger
to end, to finish	finir
to explain	expliquer
to fall	tomber
to fall asleep	s'endormir
to fear	avoir peur de, craindre
to find, to think	trouver
to fix a meal	faire à manger, faire le repas
to fix, to repair	réparer
to follow	suivre
to forget	oublier
to get angry	se fâcher
to get dressed, to dress up	s'habiller
to get undressed	se déshabiller
to get up, to stand up	se lever
to give	donner
to glue	coller
to go	aller
to go down	descendre
to go up	monter
to hang	pendre
to hate	haïr
to have	avoir
to have to, to be necessary	falloir
to have to, to owe	devoir
to hear	entendre
to hold	tenir
to hope	espérer
to hurt someone, something	faire mal à
to hurt, to be in pain	avoir mal
to imagine	imaginer, inventer
to invite	inviter
to hold back	retenir
to kill	tuer
to kiss	embrasser
to know how to do something	savoir faire quelque chose
to know someone	connaître quelqu’un
to know, to be familiar with something	connaître quelque chose
to know, to know a fact	savoir, savoir un fait
to learn	apprendre
to leave (something somewhere)	laisser (quelque chose quelque part)
to leave a place, person	quitter un endroit, quitter une personne
to leave, to depart	partir
to leave, to exit	sortir de
to leave, to go away	s'en aller, partir
to leave, to go out	sortir
to lend	prêter
to lie	mentir
to like, to love	aimer
to listen to	écouter
to live	vivre
to live some place	habiter
to look	regarder
to look for	chercher
to lose	perdre
to make someone, sleepy, fall asleep	endormir
to make use of	utiliser
to make, to do	faire
to meet someone for the first time	rencontrer quelqu’un
to meet someone, to rejoin, to reunite	rejoindre, voir
to need	avoir besoin de
to not reveal	taire
to obey	obéir
to offer	offrir
to open	ouvrir
to order	commander
to organize	organiser
to paint	peindre
to party	faire la fête
to pay/for	payer/pour
to pick	cueillir
to pity, to feel sorry for	plaindre
to plug in	brancher
to possess	posséder
to practice	s'entraîner à
to prefer	préférer
to print	imprimer
to promise	promettre
to protect	protéger
to push	pousser
to put	mettre
to put down	poser
to rain	pleuvoir
to raise something	lever
to reach	atteindre
to reach, achieve	parvenir à
to read	lire
to receive, to have guests	recevoir
to reduce	réduire
to relax	se reposer
to rent, to commend	louer
to repeat, to rehearse	répéter
to reply	répondre à
to return something to someone	rendre quelque chose à quelqu’un
to run	courir
to say	dire
to see	voir
to sell	vendre
to send	envoyer
to shave	se raser
to sing	chanter
to sit down	s'asseoir
to sit someone down	asseoir quelqu’un
to sleep	dormir
to smoke	fumer
to snow	neiger
to speak, to talk	parler
to spell	épeler
to spend money	dépenser de l'argent
to spend time	passer du/le temps
to stand in line	faire la queue
to steal something	voler quelque chose
to stop	arrêter
to study	étudier
to succeed	réussir à
to suffer	souffrir
to survive	survivre
to swim	nager
to switch off	éteindre
to switch on	allumer, démarrer
to take a class	suivre un cours
to take a shower	se doucher
to take along	emmener
to take away	emporter
to take off	enlever, ôter
to take trips, to go to a place for pleasure	voyager
to take, to order in a restaurant	prendre
to talk about	parler de
to teach	enseigner
to tell	raconter, dire
to think	penser
to think about	penser à
to throw	lancer
to throw away	jeter
to tidy up	ranger
to translate	traduire
to try	essayer
to understand	comprendre
to undress	déshabiller
to use	se servir de
to visit a person	aller voir une personne
to visit a place	visiter un endroit
to wait for	attendre
to wake up	se réveiller
to walk	marcher
to walk an animal	promener un animal
to want	vouloir
to wash	laver
to wash up	se laver
to watch something	regarder quelque chose
to wear, carry	porter
to weigh	peser
to win	gagner
to work	travailler
to worry	s'inquiéter
to write	écrire

Related: Other French verbs . 

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7 comments to 200 first French verbs

• The van Wyk

  12/05/2013 at 11:16 pm

  you do realize you used deshabiller twice, right? 😀

• Anne

  29/05/2013 at 6:36 pm

  Oui, oui. déshabiller and SE déshabiller. They have two different meanings in French.

• yuming cheng

  22/03/2014 at 10:43 am

  There is no audio down there. Thank you.

  • Anne

    22/03/2014 at 5:30 pm

    Oui, Yuming Cheng. Yes, there isn’t any AUDIO here. I’ll try to make one soon if you are interested. Merci.

• Sibusiso Dlamini

  10/06/2014 at 4:26 am

  Audio please Anne 🙂

  • Anne

    11/06/2014 at 12:43 pm

    Ça y est, c’est fait.

• Erin Stokes

  21/10/2016 at 2:32 pm

  Merci beaucoup pour dire toutes les verbes. Je cherchais quelque chose a m’aider se souvenir le francais j’etudie comme un enfant.