Practice French

B1verb

garder

to keep, to hold on to

Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.

« Je garde toujours mes vieilles photos. »

“I always keep my old photos.”

In other languages

Related B1 words

vendre · perdre · devenir

In a story

« Le phare ne guidait plus les bateaux, mais il gardait encore l’odeur du sel, du métal et des tempêtes. »

from “La lettre du phare”, a free B1 story you can read in full.

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