Er (en. Er)

/ɛʁ/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Indicates the action of a verb from the first group.

I will love and take risks.

Je vais aimer et prendre des risques.

Used to form compound tenses.

She sang and danced all night long.

Elle a chanté et dansé toute la nuit.

To express habitual actions.

They love to travel every summer.

Ils aiment voyager chaque été.

From the Latin 'āre', which marks the base form of verbs.

To have a heart like an artichoke

To be someone who falls in love easily.

Avoir un cœur d'artichaut

To be in a fog

To have difficulties understanding something.

Être dans le brouillard

To play cat and mouse

To have a relationship of pursuit and escape.

Jouer au chat et à la souris

to love

To feel affection or love for someone or something.

aimer

to eat

To take food.

manger

to speak

To use words to communicate.

parler

Used in everyday language to express a banality.

He said 'er' as if he were talking nonsense.

Il a dit 'er' comme s'il parlait en l'air.

A familiar way of saying 'to be' or 'to do' in casual conversations.

I will 'er' that later.

Je vais er ça plus tard.