{"id":6519,"date":"2011-05-26T12:13:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=6519"},"modified":"2017-10-19T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:46:29","slug":"the-top-100-most-frequently-used-french-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-top-100-most-frequently-used-french-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 100 French Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

C’est vrai, on n’a pas trop le choix<\/strong><\/em> (it’s true, one doesn’t have much choice): Memorizing\u00a0de nouveaux verbes <\/em><\/strong>(new verbs) is absolutely essential to learn, and ultimately master,\u00a0la langue fran\u00e7aise<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the one question that often challenges the new students is always the same: “Par o\u00f9\u00a0doit-on commencer?<\/em><\/strong>” (“Where should one start from?”)<\/span><\/p>\n

One way to go is to begin with the les verbes les plus fr\u00e9quemment <\/em>utilis\u00e9<\/em><\/em><\/strong>s <\/em><\/strong>(the most frequently used verbs) of the French language.<\/span><\/p>\n

For that, we’ll turn to the precious 1971 “Dictionnaire des fr\u00e9<\/em><\/em><\/strong>quences de la langue fran\u00e7<\/em><\/em><\/strong>aise<\/strong><\/em>” of the C.N.R.S.<\/strong>, which lists amid its pages the 100 most frequently used French verbs<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The list of the 100 verbs featured here is the result of an impressive statistical linguistic study conducted by the C.N.R.S. some 40 years ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about the C.N.R.S.<\/span><\/a>: Acronym <\/span><\/a>for “Centre national de la recherche scientifique” (“National Center of Scientific Research”), the largest government research organization\u00a0in France<\/span><\/p>\n

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Les verbes les plus\u00a0fr\u00e9quemment utilis\u00e9s (the most frequently used verbs):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u00catre <\/strong><\/em>(to be)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Avoir <\/strong><\/em>(to have) <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Faire <\/strong><\/em>(to do)<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Dire <\/strong><\/em>(to say)<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Pouvoir <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>(to be able to)<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Aller <\/strong><\/em>(to go)<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Voir <\/strong><\/em>(too see)<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Savoir <\/strong><\/em>(to know)<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Vouloir <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>(to want)<\/span><\/p>\n

10.Venir<\/span><\/a> <\/strong><\/em>(to come)<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Falloir <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>(to be necessary)<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Devoir <\/strong><\/em>(must)<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Croire <\/strong><\/em>(to believe)<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Trouver <\/strong><\/em>(to find)<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Donner <\/strong><\/em>(to give)<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Prendre <\/strong><\/em>(to take)<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Parler <\/strong><\/em>(to speak)<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Aimer <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>(to love, to like)<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Passer <\/strong><\/em>(to pass)<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Mettre <\/strong><\/em>(to put)<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Demander <\/strong><\/em>(to ask)<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Tenir <\/strong><\/em>(to hold)<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Sembler <\/strong><\/em>(to seem)<\/span><\/p>\n

24. Laisser <\/strong><\/em>(to let)<\/span><\/p>\n

25. Rester <\/strong><\/em>(to stay)<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Penser<\/span><\/a> <\/strong><\/em>(to think)<\/span><\/p>\n

27. Entendre <\/strong><\/em>(to hear)<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Regarder <\/strong><\/em>(to look)<\/span><\/p>\n

29. R\u00e9pondre <\/strong><\/em>(to answer)<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Rendre <\/strong><\/em>(to return)<\/span><\/p>\n

31. Conna\u00eetre <\/strong><\/em>(to know)<\/span><\/p>\n

32. Para\u00eetre <\/strong><\/em>(to appear)<\/span><\/p>\n

33. Arriver <\/strong><\/em>(to arrive)<\/span><\/p>\n

34. Sentir <\/strong><\/em>(to feel)<\/span><\/p>\n

35. Attendre <\/strong><\/em>(to wait)<\/span><\/p>\n

36. Vivre <\/strong><\/em>(to live)<\/span><\/p>\n

37. Chercher <\/strong><\/em>(to search)<\/span><\/p>\n

38. Sentir <\/strong><\/em>(this time meant as “to smell”)<\/span><\/p>\n

39. Comprendre<\/span><\/a> <\/strong><\/em>(to understand)<\/span><\/p>\n

40. Porter <\/strong><\/em>(to carry)<\/span><\/p>\n

41. Devenir <\/strong><\/em>(to become)<\/span><\/p>\n

42. Entrer <\/strong><\/em>(to enter)<\/span><\/p>\n

43. Retenir <\/strong><\/em>(to keep)<\/span><\/p>\n

44. \u00c9crire <\/strong><\/em>(to write)<\/span><\/p>\n

45. Appeler <\/strong><\/em>(to call)<\/span><\/p>\n

46. Tomber <\/strong><\/em>(to fall)<\/span><\/p>\n

47. Reprendre <\/strong><\/em>(to resume; to recapture)<\/span><\/p>\n

48. Commencer <\/strong><\/em>(to begin)<\/span><\/p>\n

49. Suivre <\/strong><\/em>(to follow)<\/span><\/p>\n

50. Montrer <\/strong><\/em>(to show)<\/span><\/p>\n

51. Partir <\/strong><\/em>(to leave)<\/span><\/p>\n

52. Mourir <\/strong><\/em>(to die)<\/span><\/p>\n

53. Ouvrir <\/strong><\/em>(to open)<\/span><\/p>\n

54. Lire <\/strong><\/em>(to read)<\/span><\/p>\n

55. Arr\u00eater <\/strong><\/em>(to stop)<\/span><\/p>\n

56. Servir <\/strong><\/em>(to serve)<\/span><\/p>\n

57. Jeter <\/strong><\/em>(to throw)<\/span><\/p>\n

58. Recevoir <\/strong><\/em>(to receive)<\/span><\/p>\n

59. Monter <\/strong><\/em>(to go up)<\/span><\/p>\n

60. Lever <\/strong><\/em>(to raise)<\/span><\/p>\n

61. Agir <\/strong><\/em>(to act)<\/span><\/p>\n

62. Perdre <\/strong><\/em>(to lose)<\/span><\/p>\n

63. \u00c9couter <\/strong><\/em>(to listen)<\/span><\/p>\n

64. Continuer <\/strong><\/em>(to continue)<\/span><\/p>\n

65. Sourire <\/strong><\/em>(to smile)<\/span><\/p>\n

66. Apercevoir <\/strong><\/em>(to perceive)<\/span><\/p>\n

67. Reconna\u00eetre <\/strong><\/em>(to recognize)<\/span><\/p>\n

68. Ajouter <\/strong><\/em>(to add)<\/span><\/p>\n

69. Jouer <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>(to play)<\/span><\/p>\n

70. Marcher <\/strong><\/em>(to walk)<\/span><\/p>\n

71. Garder <\/strong><\/em>(to keep)<\/span><\/p>\n

72. Manquer <\/strong><\/em>(to miss)<\/span><\/p>\n

73. Retrouver <\/strong><\/em>(to retrieve)<\/span><\/p>\n

74. Descendre <\/strong><\/em>(to go down)<\/span><\/p>\n

75. Rappeler <\/strong><\/em>(to remind)<\/span><\/p>\n

76. Quitter <\/strong><\/em>(to quit)<\/span><\/p>\n

77. Tourner <\/strong><\/em>(to turn)<\/span><\/p>\n

78. Finir <\/strong><\/em>(to finish)<\/span><\/p>\n

79. Crier <\/strong><\/em>(to scream)<\/span><\/p>\n

80. Courir <\/strong><\/em>(to run)<\/span><\/p>\n

81. Permettre <\/strong><\/em>(to allow)<\/span><\/p>\n

82. Songer <\/strong><\/em>(to think of sth)<\/span><\/p>\n

83. Offrir <\/strong><\/em>(to offer)<\/span><\/p>\n

84. Pr\u00e9senter <\/strong><\/em>(to present)<\/span><\/p>\n

85. Apprendre <\/strong><\/em>(to learn)<\/span><\/p>\n

86. Souffrir <\/strong><\/em>(to suffer)<\/span><\/p>\n

87. Exister <\/strong><\/em>(to exist)<\/span><\/p>\n

88. Envoyer <\/strong><\/em>(to send)<\/span><\/p>\n

89. Expliquer <\/strong><\/em>(to explain)<\/span><\/p>\n

90. Manger <\/strong><\/em>(to eat)<\/span><\/p>\n

91. Valoir <\/strong><\/em>(to be worth sth)<\/span><\/p>\n

92. Oublier <\/strong><\/em>(to forget)<\/span><\/p>\n

93. Rentrer <\/strong><\/em>(to go back)<\/span><\/p>\n

94. Pousser <\/strong><\/em>(to push)<\/span><\/p>\n

95. Occuper <\/strong><\/em>(to occupy)<\/span><\/p>\n

96. Compter <\/strong><\/em>(to count)<\/span><\/p>\n

97. Emp\u00eacher <\/strong><\/em>(to prevent)<\/span><\/p>\n

98. Plaire <\/strong><\/em>(to please)<\/span><\/p>\n

99. Travailler <\/strong><\/em>(to work)<\/span><\/p>\n

100. S’\u00e9crier <\/strong><\/em>(to exclaim)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

C’est vrai, on n’a pas trop le choix (it’s true, one doesn’t have much choice): Memorizing\u00a0de nouveaux verbes (new verbs) is absolutely essential to learn, and ultimately master,\u00a0la langue fran\u00e7aise. But the one question that often challenges the new students is always the same: “Par o\u00f9\u00a0doit-on commencer?” (“Where should one start from?”) One way to…<\/p>\n

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