Everyday verbs: 21–40 | Multilingual vocabulary

Hibiscus Teach · Multilingual vocabulary

Everyday verbs: 21–40

English · Español · Français · Italiano

A1–B2 · Explore by tense20 verbsChoose a few verbs

Created by , British English teacher.

Languages
Audio · All 20 verbs

Habits and states now. Listen to all the forms and an example in your chosen language.

Choose one picture. Click languages to show or hide them.

20 spaces

On a small screen, swipe across the comparison or select fewer languages above.

21comePresent

English

come

Present simple

Icome
you (sg.)come
he / she / itcomes
wecome
you (pl.)come
theycome

I come to the hotel every week.

Usage & form notes · come

Come describes movement towards the speaker or the place treated as here. Compare go, which usually describes movement away. Italian venire has irregular present and future forms.

English core forms: come · came · come · coming

Recordings are available for all 20 verbs in every mode.

Listen to everything · All 8 modes

Choose a language, close your eyes and listen. Listen to all 20 verbs through all eight modes in order.

Choose a language to begin.

Listening order: Present → Past events → Experiences & results → Past habits & states → Future → Past in progress → Earlier past → Imagined situations.

Present recordings · All 20 verbs

Listen in your chosen language

Each track reads all 20 verbs in the selected mode, with the forms and example for each verb. English offers British and American versions. Spanish alternates Salome (Colombia) and Lia (Spain) by verb.

British English

Full MP3

American English

Full MP3

Choose a recording to begin.

How these comparisons work

Choose a time or use above. Compare affirmative forms and examples with the same intended meaning. Grammar labels do not map perfectly across languages.

Past events and present results: French passé composé and Italian passato prossimo can express both English past simple and present perfect meanings. Spanish perfect usage varies by region.

Reflexive verbs: Keep the changing pronouns in forms such as me siento, je m’assieds and mi siedo. English sit down does not use a reflexive pronoun here.

Agreement: French venu(e) represents venu or venue; venu(e)s represents venus or venues. Vous may mean one or several people. Italian venuto/a is singular; venuti/e is plural. Example sentences use Denis as the speaker.

Past in progress: French uses the imparfait. Want and need describe states in these examples, so all four languages show natural ordinary past forms for them.

Expressions: French prendre l’avion means travel by plane. French avoir besoin de and Italian avere bisogno di mean need. Compare the whole expression.

Regional Spanish: Open the optional vos dropdown below a Spanish table. Its forms follow the chosen mode. Vos and the regional explanation are excluded from these recordings.

Audio: Every mode has all 20 verbs. Individual buttons play the selected verb’s forms and example; full MP3s follow picture order. British and American English have separate tracks. Spanish alternates Salome and Lia by verb. Listen to everything plays the eight mode files in order, with previous and next section buttons.

Grammar references
Pronouns and useful language notes

English: You has the same form for one person and several people. He, she and it share one verb form.

Spanish: Tú is informal singular; usted is formal singular. Vosotros/as is informal plural in Spain; ustedes is used for plural you throughout Latin America and formally in Spain. Optional vos forms are written below the Spanish table and are not recorded.

French: Je becomes j’ before a vowel sound. Il, elle and on share a verb form. On often means we in conversation. Vous can be plural or polite singular. Compound forms with être show gender and number alternatives.

Italian: Subject pronouns are often omitted. Lui and lei mean he and she; capitalised Lei is polite singular you. Reflexive pronouns are needed even when the subject pronoun is omitted.

Compact labels: sg. means singular; pl. means plural. Spanish Ud. means usted and Uds. means ustedes. Nosotros/as and vosotros/as include the masculine and feminine forms.

The tables show affirmative forms for the selected mode. In Present, English uses the present simple for habits; the other languages can also describe actions happening now. Spanish vos uses common Rioplatense present forms. In the other modes, the forms shown are commonly shared with tú; regional alternatives also exist.

Practice · 6 questions

Choose one answer for each question, then read the feedback.

1. Complete the sentence: She ___ to the hotel every week.

2. Choose the English core forms of drive.

3. Which Spanish form means I sit down?

4. Which French expression means travel by plane?

5. Which Italian expression means I need my passport?

6. For a past desire, which English sentence matches the state meaning here?

Speak · Plan a journey

Choose English and one other language. Make a short story with three pictures, then change the time.

  • Usually: I travel with a friend. We stay at a hotel.
  • Yesterday: We arrived late. I helped with the bags.
  • Tomorrow: We will leave early. I will bring my passport.

Change I to she or we. Explain what you want, what you need and how you would travel if you could choose.

Final challenge · Remember and compare
  1. Choose five pictures and name the actions in two languages.
  2. Use three verbs to describe a real or imagined trip.
  3. Retell it in a past mode, then as a future plan.
  4. Explain the difference between come and go, bring and take, or want and need.
Reveal all 20 verbs

English: come, leave, arrive, stay, walk, drive, travel, fly, sit down, stand up, sleep, wake up, get dressed, take, bring, pay, wait, help, want, need.

Spanish: venir, salir, llegar, alojarse, caminar, conducir, viajar, volar, sentarse, levantarse, dormir, despertarse, vestirse, tomar, traer, pagar, esperar, ayudar, querer, necesitar.

French: venir, partir, arriver, séjourner, marcher, conduire, voyager, prendre l’avion, s’asseoir, se lever, dormir, se réveiller, s’habiller, prendre, apporter, payer, attendre, aider, vouloir, avoir besoin de.

Italian: venire, partire, arrivare, soggiornare, camminare, guidare, viaggiare, volare, sedersi, alzarsi, dormire, svegliarsi, vestirsi, prendere, portare, pagare, aspettare, aiutare, volere, avere bisogno di.