David Issokson

Learn how to use the French verb servir, meaning “to serve,” with common expressions such as servir à and se servir de, plus practical example sentences.

👉 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…

Today we’ll explore the highly versatile verb sentir, which means to feel and to smell. We’ll also look at the verb in the reflexive form, se sentir as well as ressentir. Sentir to feel, to smell