Traîner is a regular French ER verb with a wide range of meanings including “to drag”, “to lug around”, “to dawdle” and “to hang around”. Traîner to drag, to hang around
David Issokson
Servir, meaning “to serve”, is an irregular IR French verb with a wide range of usages. servir to serve
👉 Check out my lesson on avoir peur (to be scared), another avoir expression » Avoir hâte de is a French expression meaning “to look forward to”, “to can’t wait to” and “to be excited to”. Avoir hâte de to look forward to, can’t wait to
Suivre is a highly versatile French verb meaning “to follow”. Interestingly, je suis means both “I follow” and “I am”. suivre to follow
Updated January 22, 2026 — Lesson written by French teacher David Issokson for students who want to learn French online, with native audio by Marie Assel Cambier, a voice artist from France. B1 (Intermediate) The French Word of the Day is avoir failli, which means “to almost.” After a very quick grammatical explanation and a …





