1 verb, 5 meanings: how French speakers really use 'prendre'
5/11/20267 min
Max walks you through five essential uses of "prendre", one of the most flexible verbs in French. You'll see why French uses "prendre" for ordering food and drinks, for catching transport, for illness ("j'ai pris froid"), for the very French structure "prendre quelqu'un pour quelqu'un", and for talking about duration. Which meaning surprised you the most?
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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