Les verbes en -er niveau 1 (1/2)

Some -er verbs 

French	English
Acheter	To buy
Aimer	To love
Ajouter	To add
Annuler	To cancel
Appeler	To call
Arrêter	To stop
Arriver	To arrive
Avancer	To move forward
Changer	To change
Chanter	To sing
Chercher	To search for/to look for
Commencer (à)	To start (to) /to begin (to)
Compter	To count
Crier (sur)	To scream (at)/to shout (at)
Acheter	To buy
Aimer	To love
Ajouter	To add
Annuler	To cancel
Appeler	To call
Arrêter	To stop
Arriver	To arrive
Avancer	To move forward
Changer	To change
Chanter	To sing
Chercher	To search for/to look for
Commencer (à)	To start (to)/to begin (to)
Compter	To count
Crier (sur)	To scream (at)/to shout (at)
Danser	To dance
Déjeuner	To have lunch
Demander (à)	To ask (to)
Dîner	To have dinner
Donner (à)	To give (to)
Écouter	To listen
Enlever	To remove/to take something off
Entrer	To get in/to enter
Envoyer (à)	To send (to)
Essayer (de)	To try (to)/to try on
Espérer (que)	To hope (that)
Expliquer (à)	To explain (to)
Garder	To keep/to look after
Habiter	To live
Jouer (à) (de)	To play
Laisser	To leave

The ones with an irregular spelling

The following verbs have irregular spelling. The rules will be seen later in this book. “Envoyer,” “nettoyer,” “espérer,” “acheter,” “payer,” “appeler,” “rappeler,” “enlever,” “manger,” “nager,” “changer,” “avancer,” “commencer,” and “essayer”.

Jouer

“Jouer” can be followed by “à” + sports and activities or by “de” + musical instruments. Don’t forget to contract “à” and “de” with the article coming after, when necessary.
For example:
Elle joue du piano →
She plays the piano. (de + le = du.)
Il joue au foot → He plays football. (à + le = au.)

With “habiter”

“Habiter” can be followed by several prepositions. “À” with cities, “au” with masculine countries, “en” with feminine countries and “aux” with plural countries. But there are exceptions.
For example:
J’habite à Paris → I live in Paris.
Il habite en Frnace → He lives in France

 

With “souhaiter” and “espérer”

“Souhaiter” and “espérer” are usually followed by an infinitive verb.
  For example:
Je souhaite aller à Paris → I wish to go to Paris.

 

With “laisser”

“Laisser” has lots of different English meanings, but in French, it can’t always be used. For example, it does not mean “to leave” as in “to go”. “Laisser” will have the meaning of “to leave” in the sense of “to leave alone,” “to leave something somewhere,” or “to not touch.”

With “demander” and poser”

“Demander” cannot be used to mean “to ask a question” as we have a special verb for that: “poser”.
For example:
Je demande à la dame → I ask the lady.
Je pose la question à la dame →
I ask the question to the lady.

With “déjeuner”

  “Déjeuner” means “to have lunch”, however in some French speaking countries it means “to have breakfast”. In France, to say “to have breakfast”, we use “prendre le petit-déjeuner”.