Take - Prendre (The 43rd Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Take is Prendre. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 43rd most common word in French. It can be used as verb. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: take

French: prendre

Verb A1

Examples


This job shouldn't take more than a couple of hours.	Ce boulot ne devrait pas prendre plus de deux heures.
Take a step back.	Prendre du recul.
It doesn't matter to me if you take that book.	Vous pouvez prendre le livre.
This is going to take years.	Cela va prendre des années.
You may take whichever you like.	Vous pouvez prendre ce que vous aimez.
I think I'll take a bath tonight.	Je pense que je vais prendre un bain ce soir.
I just want to take a picture.	Je veux juste prendre une photo.
I enjoy taking pictures.	J'aime prendre des photos.

There is insufficient light to take pictures.	Il n'y a pas assez de lumière pour prendre des photos.
Don't let him take it.	Ne le laissez pas le prendre.
Don't let him take the car.	Ne le laissez pas prendre la voiture.
I love to take pictures.	J'adore prendre des photos.
Let's have a picture taken.	Nous allons leur demander de nous prendre en photo.
I feel like taking a bath now.	J'ai envie de prendre un bain, maintenant.
I think I will take a vacation this week.	Je crois que je vais me prendre quelques vacances cette semaine.
I cannot take a vacation. I'm the boss and I'm very busy.	Je ne peux pas prendre de vacances. Je suis le patron et je suis très occupé.
I'll take whoever wants to go.	Je vais prendre qui veut aller.
You won't have to take charge of that.	Tu ne devras pas prendre cela en charge.
As I was in a hurry, I had to take a taxi.	Comme j'étais pressé, j'ai dû prendre un taxi.
You can take a taxi.	Vous pouvez prendre un taxi.
You'll be able to take many pictures with your new camera.	Tu pourras prendre beaucoup de photos avec ton nouvel appareil.