Grammatical class

Verb

surprendre

to surprise

Details

Syllables

sur-pren-dre

Phonetics

syʁ.pʁɑ̃dʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

3060

Freq. (movies)

4490

Freq. (news)

6782

Sentences

Plus rien ne me surprend.

Nothing surprises me anymore.

A1

Je veux le surprendre.

I want to surprise him.

A1

Je voulais la surprendre.

I wanted to surprise her.

A1

Je voulais te surprendre.

I wanted to surprise you.

A1

Je pensais te surprendre.

I thought I'd surprise you.

A1

Il ne cesse de me surprendre.

He keeps surprising me.

A2

David voulait surprendre Rima.

David wanted to give Rima a surprise.

A2

Son comportement ne cesse de me surprendre.

His behavior never ceases to surprise me.

B1

J'ignore pourquoi cela devrait me surprendre.

I don't know why that should surprise me.

B1

Le comportement de Tom n’en finit pas de me surprendre.

Tom's behaviour never ceases to amaze me.

B1

Nous avons trouvé des manières intéressantes de la surprendre à son anniversaire.

We came up with some interesting ways to surprise her on her birthday.

B1

L'idée de la surprendre traversa soudain mon esprit.

The idea of surprising her suddenly crossed my mind.

C2