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Lesson 28 – Prepositions with verbs in French

  1. theory
    Ă  + communication verb
    Ă  + verb that expresses an effort
    de + noun
    Ø + noun
    Ø + infinitive verb
  2. exercises đŸ”„
  3. comments

Theory

1)   à + communication verb

parler à quelqu’un

to talk to someone


+ dire à qn, envoyer à qn, faire parvenir qc à q1 
 

2)   à + verb that expresses an effort

réussir à faire quelque chose

to succeed in doing something


+ parvenir à faire qc, arriver à faire qc 


3)   de + noun (origin, dependency)

dĂ©pendre de quelqu’un

to depend on someone


+ venir de qn, attendre de qn 


 4)   Ø + noun (perception)

regarder quelqu’un

to watch someone

 

+ Ă©couter qn, entendre qn, voir qn 


 5)   Ø + infinitive verb (preference, wish, perception, common verbs
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préférer faire

to prefer doing

 

désirer faire

 to desire to do

 

regarder (quelqu’un) faire

 to watch (someone) doing

 

pouvoir faire

can do

+ aimer faire, souhaiter faire, voir faire, savoir faire


Exercises

Results

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#1. the robots are about to sing

#2. this drone doesn't have much work to do

#3. do you want to jump ?

#4. the cloned dog started barking

#5. this secret message comes from them

#6. but this one goes to them

#7. what I expect from the cafeteria manager is more than pumpkin spice lattes served on time

Terminer

 

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