To Take, Eat or Drink

Prendre-to take, eat or drink (prawn-druh)					Boire-to drink (bwahr)
prends	prawn	prenons	pruh-nohn		bois	bwah	buvons	bew-vohn
prends	prawn	prenez	pru-nay		bois	bwah	buvez	bew-vay
prend	prawn	prennent	prenn		boit	bwah	boivent	bwahv

Other verbs that are conjugated like prendre:  apprendre - to
learn, comprendre - to understand and surprendre - to surprise.

Note:  When you want to say "I am having wine," the French
translation is "Je prends du vin."  You must use de and
le, la, l', or les and the proper contractions (called
partitives) because in French you must also express some.  So
"je prends de la bière" literally means "I am having
some beer" even though in English we would usually only say I am
having beer.  

Manger is a regular verb meaning "to eat," but manger is used in a
general sense, such as Je mange le poulet tous les samedis.  I
eat chicken every Saturday.  Boire is literally the verb to drink
and is also used in a general sense only. Je bois du vin tout le temps.
 I drink wine all the time.

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