Vouloir

Vouloir

to want

Vouloir

• vouloir is an irregular verb, it is not conjugated like a regular IR verb

• it is also a boot verb, meaning inside the boot it is irregular and outside the boot it seems regular

Boot verbs

Inside the boot, verbs get funky! Outside the boot, they are much more normal.

Vouloir - to want

Je veux _____ Nous voulons

Tu veux _____ Vous voulez

Il veut ______ Ils veulent

Using vouloir

• Vouloir can be used to talk about things that you want, and want you want to do

• To talk about things you want, simply put the item (with appropriate article) after the conjugated form of vouloir

• To talk about what you want to do, conjugate vouloir, and then put the action verb after it in the infinitive

Examples

• I want a book _____ Je veux un livre

• We want to eat _____ Nous voulons manger

• They want to play soccer _____ Elles veulent jouer au foot

• He wants a new phone _____ Il veut un nouveau portable