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French Prepositions

French prepositions with infinitive

FrenchEnglish
essayer de to try to, to attempt to
aider à to help to
s'amuser à to have fun at
apprendre à to learn to
arriver à to succeed in, to manager to
s'attendre à to expect to
avoir du mal à to find it difficult to
commencer à to start to
continuer à/de to continue to
se décider à to make up one's mind to
encourager à to encourage to
s'habituer à to get used to
hésiter à to hesitate to
inviter à to invite to
se mettre à to start to
se préparer à to prepare to
renoncer à to give up
réussir à to succeed at
servir à to be used for
tenir à to be anxious to, to be eager to
(s')arrêter de to stop
choisir de to choose to
conseiller de to advise to
se contenter de to content oneself with
décider de to decide to
s'efforcer de to try hard to, to endeavor to
essayer de to try to
s'excuser de to apologize for
finir de to finish
mériter de to deserve, to be worth
oublier de to forget to
permettre de to permit someone to
persuader de to persuade to
se presser de to hurry to
promettre de to promise to
proposer de to propose to
refuser de to refuse to
rêver de to dream of
se soucier de to care about
se souvenir de to remember to
a l'air de seem to be
a peur de is afraid of
a envie de feels like
a besoin de needs to
a honte de is ashamed of
a tort de is wrong to
a raison de is right to
Matt se met à travailler tous les soirs à sept heures. Matt starts work every evening at seven.
Ils s'amusent à écouter de la musique. They amuse themselves by listening to music.
Il aide ses étudiants à apprendre le français. He helps his students learn french.
Elle invite ses amis à dîner chez elle. She invites her friends to dinner at her house.
Il encourage ses étudiants à parler français. He encourages his students to speak French.
Il a du mal à comprendre les habitudes culinaires des Américains. He has trouble understanding the culinary habits of Americans.
Il promet de rendre visite à Paw-Paw. He promises to visit Paw-Paw.
Elle essaie de draguer Matt. She tries to hit on Matt.
Edouard refuse de manger des hamburgers. Edouard refuses to eat hamburgers.
Il a honte d'être américain. He is ashamed to be an American.
Edouard propose à ses amis de dîner au restaurant français. Edouard invites his friends to dinner at a French restaurant.
Il oublie toujours d'etudier. He always forgets to study.
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