Dictionnaire
V

va [aller] "goes; go!" [highly idiomatic]. Comment ça va? "How goes it? ~ How are you?" [greeting]. Ça va "It goes [all right;" answer to preceding]."

valeur "value, worth."

vaste "sizeable" (de Gaulle).

venir (v) "come."

vers "toward, about."

Apollo Fountain, Versailles

veux [vouloir] "want." Je te veux "I want you" (music hall song by Satie).

vie "life."

vieux, vieil/le "old."

ville "town."

vingt "twenty."

Vineyard in Autumn, Provence

vin "wine." vign "vine; vignoble "vineyard."

vivant "living; during his lifetime."

vivre (v) "live."

voici < voi + ici] "here is/are [Bloch]. me voici "here I am."

voilà "there is/are."

voix "voice."

Winter Scene in the Vosges (Photo © 2004 by Diedier Beck)

votre, vos "your."

vouloir (v) "want."

voir (v) "see."

vrai "true." vraiment "truly."

vue "view, sight."

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