Some typical stative verbs in French are être to be, devenir to become, paraître to appear, rester to stay etc. Some typical French action verbs include courir to run, danser to dance, sauter to jump, chanter to sing, écrire to write, lire to read, etc. In addition to physical actions, verbs can also describe processes, concepts, states and thoughts. Les verbes (verbs) are doing words: they express an action performed by the subject of the sentence (a noun or a pronoun).