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LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS
Infinitive Simple past Past-
participle
French Arabic
To be was / were been tre
To become became become devenir
To begin began begun commencer
To break broke broken casser
To bring brought brought apporter
To build built built btir
To burn burnt burnt brler
To buy bought bought acheter
To catch caught caught attrapper
To choose chose chosen choisir
To come came come venir
To cut cut cut couper
To do did done faire
To draw Drew drawn dessiner
To dream dreamt dreamt rver
To drink drank drunk boire
To drive drove driven conduire
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To eat ate eaten manger
To fall fell fallen tomber
To feed fed fed nourrir
To fight fought fought se battre
To find found found trouver
To fly flew flown voler
To get got got obtenir
To give gave given donner
To go went gone aller / partir
To hear heard heard entendre
To hold held held tenir
To keep keppt kept garder
To know knew known connaitre
To learn learnt learnt apprendre
To leave left left quitter
To lend lent lent preter
To lose lost lost perdre
To make made made Fabriquer
To meet met met Rencontrer
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To pay paid paid payer
To put put put poser
To read read read lire
To ride Rode ridden monter
To ring rang rung sonner
To run ran run courir
To say Said said dire
To see saw seen voir
To sell sold sold vendre
To end Sent sent envoyer
To show showed showed montrer
To shut shut shut fermer
To sing sang sung chanter
To sit sat sat sasseoir
To sleep slept slept dormir
To speak spoke spoken parler
To spend spent spent passer-
dpenser
To stand stood stood slever
To swim swam swum nager
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To take took Taken prendre
To teach taught taught enseigner
To tear tore torn dchirer
To tell told told dire
To think thought thought penser
To throw threw thrown jeter
To understand understood understood comprendre
To wear wore worn vtir
To win won won gagner
To write wrote written crire