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Vouloir in French — 5 phrases in 20 seconds
to want · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Vouloir chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases with « vouloir »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
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🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on « vouloir » (to want): five real phrases, a three-second pause to guess, then the meaning. It is built straight from our Vouloir conjugation chart, so once the clip clicks you can go deeper on the same page — every tense, audio for each form, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
Je veux un gâteau.I want a cake.
Tu veux venir ?Do you want to come?
J’ai voulu t’appeler.I wanted to call you.
Il voulait partir tôt.He wanted to leave early.
Voudriez-vous vous asseoir ?Would you like to sit down?
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