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Verbs with prepositions
In french we have several verbs which working with prepositions, and fortunately there are rules to know when we need to use it!
Also we have to different prepositions, "de" and "à" which could be translated by "to".
Verbs with the preposition "de"
accepter de - to agree to
achever de - to complete
accepter de - to accept
attendre de - to wait for
arrêter de - to stop
cesser de - to stop
continuer de - to continue to
convenir de - to agree to
craindre de - to fear
décider de - to decide to
empêcher de - to prevent from
essayer de - to try to
éviter de - to avoid
faire exprès de - to do it on purpose
faire semblant de - to pretend to
finir de - to finish
interdire de - to prohibit
menacer de - to threaten to
mériter de - to deserve to
ordonner de - to order to
oublier de - to forget to
permettre de - to allows to
persuader de - to persuade
promettre de - to promise to
proposer de - to offer
refuser de - to refuse to
regretter de - to regret
rêver de - to dream of
risquer de - to risk
suggérer de - to suggest
souffrir de - to suffer from
supplier de - to beg for
tenter de - to try to
Verbs with the preposition "à"
aider à - to help
apprendre à - to learn to
arriver à - to arrive at
autoriser à - to allow
chercher à - to seek to
commencer à - to start at
contribuer à - to contribute to
encourager à - to encourage to
enseigner à - to teach
faire attention à - to be careful of
forcer à - to force
hésiter à - to hesitate to
inciter à - to encourage to
inviter à - to invite to
jouer à - to play
parvenir à - to get to
penser à - to think about
persister à - to persist in
pousser à - to push to
renoncer à - to give up
réussir à - to succeed in
servir à - to be used for
songer à - to think about
tarder à - to delay to
tenir à - to stick to
viser à - to aim at
Verbs without prepositions
The verbs without prepositions are the verbs which express :
- feelings
- will
- movement
- opinion
- needs
- project
- preference