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Tâches ménagères
No one likes to do them, but everyone has to. Learn how to talk about common household chores in French (and click the links for conjugation tables).
| to cook | cuisiner faire la cuisine |
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| to do laundry | faire la lessive | |
| to do the dishes | faire la vaisselle | |
| to go food shopping | faire les courses | |
| to make the bed | faire le lit | |
| to mop the floor | essuyer le sol | |
| to mow the lawn | tondre le gazon | |
| to straighten up | ranger | |
| to sweep | balayer | |
| to take out the garbage | sortir la poubelle | |
| to vacuum | passer l’aspirateur | |
| to wash the windows | laver les vitres |
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Verb conjugation tables for more than 1,600 French verbs in all the simple and compound tenses and moods.
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