To Take, Eat or Drink
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To take, eat or drink - Prendre /pʀɑ̃dʀ/
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prends
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/pʀɑ̃/
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prenons
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/prənɔ̃/
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prends
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/pʀɑ̃/
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prenez
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/prəne/
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prend
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/pʀɑ̃/
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prennent
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/pʀɛn/
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to drink - Boire /bwaʀ/
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bois
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/bwa/
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buvons
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/buvɔ̃/
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bois
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/bwa/
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buvez
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/buve/
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boit
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/bwa/
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boivent
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/bwav/
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Other verbs that are conjugated like prendre: apprendre /apʀɑ̃dʀ/ - to learn, comprendre /kɔ̃pʀɑ̃dʀ/ - to understand and surprendre /syʀpʀɑ̃dʀ/ - to surprise
When you want to say "I am having wine," the French translation is "Je prends du vin." You must use de and le, la, l', or les and the proper contractions (called partitives) because in French you must always express some. So "je prends de la bière" literally means "I am having some beer" even though in English we would usually only say I am having beer.
Manger is a regular verb meaning "to eat," but manger is used in a general sense, such as Je mange du poulet tous les samedis. I eat chicken every Saturday. Boire is literally the verb to drink and is also used in a general sense only. Je bois du vin tout le temps. I drink wine all the time.
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