essayer plus infinitive

Conjugation verb essayer in French

Model : marcher / balayer

Auxiliary : avoir

Other forms: s'essayer / ne pas essayer / ne pas s'essayer

The regular verbs of the 1st group follow this conjugation model (verbs ending in -er). Verbs ending in -ayer follow at the same time this model (il balaye) and the model of balayer (il balaie)

The verb has several variants of conjugation, which may correspond to different meanings. Please use the menu to select one or all variants.

• il/elle essaye
• nous essayons
• vous essayez
• ils/elles essayent
• il/elle essaie
• ils/elles essaient
• j' essayais
• tu essayais
• il/elle essayait
• nous essayions
• vous essayiez
• ils/elles essayaient
• j' essayerai
• tu essayeras
• il/elle essayera
• nous essayerons
• vous essayerez
• ils/elles essayeront
• j' essaierai
• tu essaieras
• il/elle essaiera
• nous essaierons
• vous essaierez
• ils/elles essaieront

Passé simple

• il/elle essaya
• nous essayâmes
• vous essayâtes
• ils/elles essayèrent

Passé composé

• j' ai essayé
• tu as essayé
• il/elle a essayé
• nous avons essayé
• vous avez essayé
• ils/elles ont essayé

Plus-que-parfait

• j' avais essayé
• tu avais essayé
• il/elle avait essayé
• nous avions essayé
• vous aviez essayé
• ils/elles avaient essayé

Passé antérieur

• j' eus essayé
• tu eus essayé
• il/elle eut essayé
• nous eûmes essayé
• vous eûtes essayé
• ils/elles eurent essayé

Futur antérieur

• j' aurai essayé
• tu auras essayé
• il/elle aura essayé
• nous aurons essayé
• vous aurez essayé
• ils/elles auront essayé
• que j' essaye
• que tu essayes
• qu' il/elle essaye
• que nous essayions
• que vous essayiez
• qu' ils/elles essayent
• que j' essaie
• que tu essaies
• qu' il/elle essaie
• qu' ils/elles essaient
• que j' essayasse
• que tu essayasses
• qu' il/elle essayât
• que nous essayassions
• que vous essayassiez
• qu' ils/elles essayassent
• que j' eusse essayé
• que tu eusses essayé
• qu' il/elle eût essayé
• que nous eussions essayé
• que vous eussiez essayé
• qu' ils/elles eussent essayé
• que j' aie essayé
• que tu aies essayé
• qu' il/elle ait essayé
• que nous ayons essayé
• que vous ayez essayé
• qu' ils/elles aient essayé

Conditionnel

• j' essayerais
• tu essayerais
• il/elle essayerait
• nous essayerions
• vous essayeriez
• ils/elles essayeraient
• j' essaierais
• tu essaierais
• il/elle essaierait
• nous essaierions
• vous essaieriez
• ils/elles essaieraient

Passé première forme

• j' aurais essayé
• tu aurais essayé
• il/elle aurait essayé
• nous aurions essayé
• vous auriez essayé
• ils/elles auraient essayé

Passé deuxième forme

• j' eusse essayé
• tu eusses essayé
• il/elle eût essayé
• nous eussions essayé
• vous eussiez essayé
• ils/elles eussent essayé
• ayant essayé
• masc.sg.: essayé
• masc.pl.: essayés
• fém.sg.: essayée
• fém.pl.: essayées
• ayons essayé
• ayez essayé
• avoir essayé

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French Verb Conjugation Using "Essayer" (to Try)

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The French verb  essayer  means "to try." It's a simple word that can easily be confused with  essuyer  (to wipe) , so be sure to look and listen for that 'A' in  essayer .

In order to place  essayer  into the past, present, or future tense, the verb needs to be conjugated . Just follow along in this lesson and you'll be saying "tried" and "trying" in French before you know it.

Conjugating the French Verb  Essayer ​​

Essayer  is an optional stem-changing verb . Typically with verbs that end in - yer , the 'Y' has to change to an 'I' in certain forms. The rules are a little more casual with  essayer  as you'll see in the table. When there are two forms of the conjugation, you can use either.

The stem of  essayer  is  essay -. To this, a variety of infinitive endings is added that conform with the subject pronoun as well as the tense of the sentence. For instance, "I try" is " j'essaie " or " j'essaye ." Similarly, there are two options for "we will try": " nous essaierons " or " nous essayerons ."

All this leaves you with many words to memorize. The good news is that there are many opportunities to practice it and use  essayer  as you "try" things throughout your day.

The Present Participle of  Essayer

The  present participle  of essayer is  essayant . This is as simple as adding - ant  to the verb stem. Not only does it work as a verb, but it can also become an adjective, gerund, or noun when needed.

The Past Participle and Passé Composé

The  past participle   essayé  is used to form the  passé composé , a common past tense form of "tried" in French. To use this, you'll also need to conjugate the  auxiliary verb   avoir . For example, "I tried" is " j'ai essayé " and "we tried" is " nous avons essayé ."

More Simple  Essayer  Conjugations to Know

When the action of trying is in some way questionable, you can turn to the subjunctive verb mood . Similarly, if it's dependent on something, the conditional verb mood is used.

With less frequency, you will come across the passé simple or the imperfect subjunctive . These are mostly found in formal writing and will help considerably with reading comprehension.

To use  essayer  in commands or direct requests, turn to the imperative verb form . When using this, the subject pronoun is not required: use " essaie " instead of " tu essaie ."

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Conjugation of the French verb essayer

French Verbs Followed By De

By: Author David Issokson

Posted on Published: May 9, 2020  - Last updated: July 7, 2024

One of the more difficult aspects to learning French is trying to remember which verbs are followed by the preposition à and which ones are followed by the preposition de . Rather than trying to memorize all of the verbs followed by de, here’s a list of the top-10 most commonly used verbs with sample phrases.

Top-10 verbs followed by de

1) Essayer De – To Try

• J’essaye de faire mon mieux. I try to do my best.

2) Arrêter De – To Stop

• J’arrête de fumer. I stop smoking.

3) Oublier De – To Forget

• J’oublie de faire la vaisselle. I forget to do the dishes.

4) Refuser De – To Refuse

• Je refuse de travailler le week-end. I refuse to work on weekends.

5) Regretter De – To Regret

• Je regrette de vous informer. I regret to inform you.

6) S’excuser De – To Apologize For

• Je m’excuse de vous déranger. I’m sorry for bothering you.

7) Faire Semblant De – To Pretend To

• Je fais semblant de sourire. I pretend to smile.

8) Choisir De – To Choose

• Je choisis de rester ici. I choose to stay here.

9) Demander De – To Ask

• Je te demande de me pardonner. I’m asking you to forgive me.

10) Éviter De – To Avoid

• J’évite de manger trop de bonbons. I avoid eating too much candy.

Verb list: French verbs followed by de

• accepter de to agree to
• avoir l’intention de to intend to
• avoir peur de to be afraid to
• avoir raison de to be right to
• avoir tort de to be wrong to
• brûler de dying to, really want to
• cesser de to stop
• choisir de to choose to
• conseiller de to advise
• convaincre de to convince
• craindre de to fear
• décider de decide to
• défendre de to forbid
• demander de to ask to
• entreprendre de to undertake to
• envisager de to contemplate
• essayer de to try to
• éviter de to avoid
• faire semblant de to pretend to
• feindre de to pretend to, feign
• finir de to finish
• interdire de to forbid to
• mériter de to deserve to
• offrir de to offer to
• oublier de to forget to
• parler de to talk about
• permettre de to allow, permit
• persuader de to persuade to
• projeter de to plan to/on
• promettre de to promise to
• refuser de to refuse to
• regretter de to regret
• remercier de to thank
• reprocher de to reproach for
• résourdre de to resolve to
• risquer de to run the risk of
• s’abstentir de to refrain from
• s’arrêter de to stop
• s’empêcher de to refrain from
• s’empresser de to rush to, hurry
• s’enfforcer de to try hard to
• s’étonner de to marvel at
• s’excuser de to apologize for
• se charger de to make sure to, see to it
• se contenter de be satisfied with
• se dépêcher de to hurry to
• se flatter de pride yourself on, be proud of
• se plaindre de to complain about
• se proposer de offer to do something
• se rappeler de to recall to
• se souvenir de to remember to
• soupconner de to suspect of
• tâcher de to try to

Example sentences

The following is a list of example sentences using verbs followed by the preposition “de” .

• J’évite de faire la meme bêtise deux foix. I avoid making the same mistake two times.
• Elle n’arrête pas de parler. She doesn’t stop talking.
• Il cesse de pleuvoir. It stops raining.
• Je me souviens de payer mon loyer. I remember to pay my rent. 
• Il refuse de partir. He refuses to leave.
• J’ai besoin de boire du café. I need to drink coffee.
• Je décide de faire du ski. I decide to go skiing.
• J’essaye d’être plus sympa avec les gens. I try to be nicer to people.
• J’évite de conduire trop vite. I avoid driving too fast. 
• Je choisis de atteindre mes objectifs. I choose to reach my goals.

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Conjugation of the French Verb "Essayer"

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Mastering the French verb 'essayer' involves understanding its unique conjugation patterns, such as the optional 'y' to 'i' change in certain forms. This guide covers present, past, imperfect, conditional, and future tenses, as well as the use of the auxiliary verb 'avoir' in compound tenses. It also provides strategies to avoid common errors and enhance memorization of the correct forms, emphasizing the importance of pronunciation in the French language.

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Regular -er Verb with Unique Characteristics

Meaning and usage of "essayer".

"Essayer" is a regular -er verb in French that means 'to try' and has a unique characteristic of changing 'y' to 'i' in certain forms

Optional 'y' to 'i' Change in Certain Tenses

Pronunciation and Spelling Changes

In the singular and third person plural forms of certain tenses, the 'y' in "essayer" may change to an 'i', affecting both pronunciation and spelling

Dual Spelling in First Person Singular Present Tense

The first person singular present tense of "essayer" can be spelled as 'j'essaie' or 'j'essaye', highlighting the intricacies of French orthographic conventions

Conjugation Patterns and Usage in Different Tenses

"Essayer" follows regular -er verb conjugation patterns, with the optional 'y' to 'i' change in some forms, and is used to describe actions or states occurring at the moment of speaking

Essential Tenses for Everyday Communication

Present tense conjugation.

The present tense conjugation of "essayer" is similar to that of other regular -er verbs, but with the optional 'y' to 'i' change in some forms

Passé Composé

The passé composé, formed with the auxiliary verb 'avoir' and the past participle 'essayé', is used to convey completed actions in the past

Imperfect Tense and Other Moods

Imperfect Tense

The imperfect tense, or imparfait, describes past actions that were ongoing or habitual

Subjunctive Mood

The subjunctive mood, expressing doubt, desire, or uncertainty, includes forms like 'que j'essaie' and 'que vous essayiez'

Conditional Mood

The conditional mood, used for hypothetical scenarios, is conjugated as 'j'essayerais' or 'vous essayeriez'

Future and Past Tenses

Future tense.

The future tense of "essayer" is formed by adding the appropriate endings to the infinitive and discusses future events

Plus-Que-Parfait

The plus-que-parfait, a form of the perfect tense, is constructed with the imperfect tense of 'avoir' and the past participle 'essayé', used for actions that had been completed before another past action

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In French, the verb 'essayer' translates to '______,' and it belongs to the ______-er verb category.

to try regular

Optional 'y' to 'i' change in 'essayer'

Occurs in singular forms except nous/vous; 'j'essaie' or 'j'essaye'.

Present tense usage in French

Describes actions/states at the moment of speaking; used daily.

Dual spelling in French orthography

Some verbs like 'essayer' have two correct spellings; 'essaie' or 'essaye'.

The ______ tense is used to express completed actions in the past with the verb 'essayer'.

passé composé

Imperfect Tense Usage

Describes ongoing/habitual past actions, sets scene for narratives.

Subjunctive Mood Function

Expresses doubt, desire, uncertainty, used in dependent clauses.

Conditional Mood Application

Used for hypotheticals, polite requests, and future events in the past.

To express future actions in French, 'essayer' changes to 'j'essaierai' for 'I will try', and 'ils/elles essaieront' for 'they will try'.

j'essaierai ils/elles essaieront

Essayer conjugation exception: 'y' to 'i' shift

In certain forms, 'essayer' changes 'y' to 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Essayer 1st person singular present tense: dual spelling

In present tense, 'essayer' can be spelled as 'j'essaie' or 'j'essaye'.

In the present tense 'nous' form of 'essayer', it's important to remember the double '______', and to use the correct auxiliary verb in compound tenses.

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What is the correct conjugation (present, indicative) of “essayer” ?

I've looked up conjugation of “essayer” and two different sources have given me two different suggestions:

According to this source , one would pronounce “j'essaye” as “ʒ‿esɛj”.

According to the other source , one would pronounce it as “ʒ‿ese”.

I would like to ask which pronunciation is the correct one. Or, if they are both correct, which is “more usual” and which is “less usual”.

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Both j'essaie pronounced /ʒ‿esɛ/ or /ʒ‿ese/ and j'essaye pronounced /ʒ‿esɛj/ are correct.

The former looks to be more frequently written but I'm not sure the same is true for spoken French where both might be equally used. In any case, I do not make a difference between these forms.

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French Grammar: Conjugated Verbs + [DE] + Infinitive Verb

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French Grammar: Conjugated Verbs + [DE] + Infinitive Verb la grammaire française: les verbes conjugués + [DE] + un verbe à l’infinitif

• The infinitive  form of a verb conveys the basic meaning of that verb.
• Many conjugated French verbs require [DE]  before an infinitive  verb.

The infinitive form of a French verb is the form that ends with [-ER], [-IR], or [-RE]. Each of these infinitive endings is the equivalent of  “ to …”  (i..e. to speak, to read, to take, etc.) in English. Often, an infinitive verb is conjugated when used in a sentence. But French  infinitives are used in a variety of other ways, too.

Certain conjugated verbs must be followed directly by the preposition [DE] before an infinitive verb. There is no formula for why these verbs behave like this; they must simply be memorized. Here are some of those verbs:

accepter de : to accept (doing something)

arrêter de : to stop (doing something)

avoir envie de : to feel like (doing something)

avoir l’intention de : to intend to (do something)

avoir peur de : to be afraid to (do something)

avoir raison de : to be right to ( do something) / to start to ( do something)

avoir tort de : to be wrong to (do something)

choisir de : to choose to (do something)

décider de : to decide to (do something)

essayer de : to try to (do something)

éviter de : to avoid (doing something)

finir de : to finish (doing something)

manquer de : to nearly (do something) / to almost (do something)

oublier de : to forget to ( do something)

refuser de : to refuse to (do something)

regretter de : to regret (doing something)

risquer de : to risk (doing something)

L’enfant refuse de dormir sans son nounours. The child refuses to sleep without his teddy bear.

Oh là! J’ai oublié de fermer la porte! Uh-oh! I forgot to close the door!

Tu as envie de sortir ce soir? Do you (informal) feel like going out tonight?

Oui, mais d’abord je finis de faire la vaisselle. Yes, but first I’ll finish doing the dishes.

Ils ont eu tort de désobéir à l’officier de police. They (masculine) were wrong to disobey the police officer.

Si nous n’étudions pas, nous risquons de rater le cours. If we don’t study, we risk failing the course.

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FR: essayer de + infinitif - préposition

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• Start date Sep 9, 2007

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• Sep 9, 2007

Hi, I've got myself into a bit of a muddle.. I have a sentence with a conjugated verb and two infinitives and i have to decide whether to use à, de or nothing between the verbs. Does the de/à correspond with the verb directly preceeding it or the conjugated verb? Example Je vais essayer de gagner or Je vais essayer gagner Thanks aplenty Emma Moderator note: multiple threads merged to create this one.  

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It always corresponds with the verb directly preceding it, which is essayer in this case, so your first answer is correct. I don't think there are any rules about which verbs take which conjunctions, you just have to learn them.  

• Jun 29, 2009

In our French class, the class was asked to guess the profession that was mimed. The instructions in French said: "La classe essaie de deviner." I am somewhat confused by the use of DE in this construction. Shouldn't it be without DE? "La classe essaie deviner" ?? Thank you in advance for any assistance.  

non, c'est "essayer de"  

Usually we are trying to/not to do something, and it's the same in french " on essaye de/ de ne pas faire quelque chose" Do you see what I mean ?  

I think I understand. So it does not always follow that DE means "OF" or "SOME?" Sometimes it's just used as a connector?  

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mylasalle said: So it does not always follow that DE means "OF" or "SOME?" Sometimes it's just used as a connector? Click to expand...

• Sep 24, 2009

Is there a general rule for knowing which verbs have to be follwed by 'de' when there is an infinitive after the 'de' e.g. j'essaie de finir but je désire finir? Or do they just have to be learnt verb by verb?  

You have to learn what preposition (or none) to use with each individual verb. Reading and listening a lot will help.  

Duplicité Humaine

• Oct 1, 2009

Il y a TOUJOURS des exceptions qu'il faut mémorizer; il y a cependant quelques quasi-règles. Tel est souvent, pas toujous, le cas avec les verbes pronominaux. S'efforcer de / Forcer à ll y a b/c d'exemples, recherchez-les que vous puissiez les commettre à mémoire; après du temps, les propositions vous arriveront naturellement.  

You have to learn what preposition (or none) to use with each individual verb. Reading and listening a lot will help. Click to expand...

• Dec 18, 2014

I was wondering why you use "de" before apprendre in the sentence "j'essaye d'apprendre", but not in the sentence "je vais apprendre "?  

Le verbe "essayer" s'emploie avec la préposition "de" quand il est suivi d'un verbe : j'essaie de courir 20 km / de réparer cet ordi / de traverser mon jardin en marchant sur les mains / d'apprendre la liste des verbes qui exigent la préposition de... Par contre "aller" (auxiliaire du futur proche) se construit de façon directe : je vais partir / dormir / travailler / manger...  

Merci! So it's basically just a list of verbs using different prepositions I'll have to learn...  

Magshoe, " apprendre la liste des verbes qui exigent la préposition de..." était une boutade : même si le nombre de ces verbes est relativement réduit, je pense que personne n'apprend de telles listes. Les natifs apprennent à utiliser ces verbes en les rencontrant au cours de leurs lectures.  

• Dec 19, 2014

janpol said: Les natifs apprennent à utiliser ces verbes en les rencontrant au cours de leurs lectures. Click to expand...

List of French Verbs Followed by the Preposition de & Verb

Here is a list of French verbs followed by the preposition “de”. As I mentioned in my list of French verbs followed by “à” , I couldn’t find any rhyme or reason why this is the way it is. I suggest you try to memorize them.

The best way to memorize the right preposition for a French Verb  is to copy the list of French verb + preposition onto French flashcards . Then use your French verb + preposition in sentences that make sense to you , connecting them to your own life experiences.

For example, to illustrate “avoir peur de” I could write “j’ai peur des araignées” – I am afraid of spiders, which is true, and a statement that makes sense to me: I would remember this statement longer.

1 – How to Memorize Common French Verbs + De + Verb

• Start by making a smaller list of French verbs + prepositions which YOU are likely to use.
• Illustrate them with your own sentence and memorize them.
• Then come back to this article and add to your list.
• Revisit often! Repetition is the key.

2 – List of Common French Verbs Followed by the Preposition de + Verb

To make it clearer, I’ll use “faire quelque chose” as my second verb , but you could replace it with any other infinitive that makes sense.

• accepter de faire quelque chose – to accept to do something
• accuser (quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to accuse (someone) of doing something
• arrêter de faire quelque chose – to stop doing something
• avoir peur de faire quelque chose – to be afraid of doing something
• avoir envie de faire quelque chose – to feel like doing something
• avoir besoin de faire quelque chose – to need to do something
• avoir l’air de faire quelque chose – to seem to be doing something
• avoir l’intention de faire quelque chose – to intend to do something
• avoir raison de faire quelque chose – to be right to do something
• avoir tort de faire quelque chose – to be wrong to do something
• cesser de faire quelque chose – to cease doing something
• choisir de faire quelque chose – to choose to do something
• commander (à qqun) de faire quelque chose – to order (someone) to do something
• conseiller de faire quelque chose – to advise to do something
• continuer de faire quelque chose – to keep doing something
• craindre de faire quelque chose –   to fear doing something
• décider de faire quelque chose – to decide to something
• défendre (à quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to forbid (someone) to do something
• demander (à quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to ask (someone) to do something
• se dépêcher de faire quelque chose – to hurry to do something
• dire (à quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to tell (someone) to do something
• empêcher (quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to keep/ prevent (someone) from doing something
• essayer de faire quelque chose – to try to do something
• s’excuser de faire quelque chose – to apologize for doing something
• finir de faire quelque chose – to finish doing something
• manquer de faire quelque chose – to neglect doing something
• mériter de faire quelque chose – to deserve to do something
• offrir de faire quelque chose – to offer to do something
• oublier de faire quelque chose – to forget to do something
• parler de faire quelque chose – to talk about doing something
• (se) permettre de faire quelque chose – to allow (oneself) to do something
• se plaindre de faire quelque chose – to complain about doing something
• promettre de faire quelque chose – to promise to do something
• proposer de faire quelque chose – to suggest to do something
• refuser de faire quelque chose – to refuse to do something
• regretter de faire quelque chose – to regret doing something
• remercier de faire quelque chose – to thank for doing something
• rêver de faire quelque chose – to dream of doing something
• risquer de faire quelque chose – to risk doing something
• s’assurer de faire quelque chose – to make sure of doing something
• se souvenir de faire quelque chose – to remember doing something
• supplier de faire quelque chose – to beg to do something
• venir de faire quelque chose – to have just done something
• se contenter de faire quelque chose – to content oneself with doing something
• convaincre (quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to convince (someone) to do something
• s’efforcer de faire quelque chose – to try hard to do something
• envisager de faire quelque chose- to contemplate doing something
• éviter de faire quelque chose – to avoid doing something
• faire semblant de faire quelque chose – to pretend doing something
• feindre de faire quelque chose – to feign to, to pretend doing something
• interdire (à quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to forbid (someone) to do something
• jurer de faire quelque chose – to swear to do something
• menacer (quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to threaten (someone) to do something
• persuader (quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to convince (someone) to do something
• prévoir de faire quelque chose – to plan on doing something
• projeter de faire quelque chose – to plan on doing something
• reprocher (à quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to reproach (someone) for doing something
• soupçonner (quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to suspect (someone) of doing something
• suggérer (à quelqu’un) de faire quelque chose – to suggest doing something
• tâcher de faire quelque chose – to try to do something
• tenter de faire quelque chose – to try to do something

3 – List of Common French Verbs + Preposition de + Noun

To make it easier, I’ll use “Pierre” as my noun, but it could be a thing as well, not necessarily a person.

Note that this preposition “de” will contract with an article, hence becoming “du” or “des” if need be.

Note also that many of these expressions will involve the French pronoun en when followed by a thing (if it’s a person, you’ll need a stress pronoun). Je m’en approche. (de la télévision) Je m’approche de lui. (de Pierre)

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• s’approcher de Pierre – to get closer to Pierre
• s’apercevoir de son erreur – to notice one’s mistake
• avoir besoin de Pierre – to need Pierre
• avoir peur de Pierre – to be afraid of Pierre
• avoir l’air de Pierre – to look like Pierre
• avoir envie d’une pomme – to feel like (eating) an apple. Watch out “avoir envie de Pierre”, so used with a person, mean to want that person sexually.
• changer de chaussure – to change into other shoes
• dépendre de Pierre – to depend on Pierre
• douter de Pierre – to doubt Pierre
• être responsable de Pierre – to be responsible for Pierre
• hériter de Pierre – to inherit of Pierre or from Pierre
• jouer du piano – to play piano (an instrument)
• manquer de temps – to lack time
• se méfier de Pierre – to beware of Pierre
• se moquer de Pierre – to make fun of Pierre
• s’occuper de Pierre – to take care of Pierre
• parler de Pierre – to talk about Pierre
• partir de France – to leave France
• se passer de Pierre – to do without Pierre
• Que penses-tu de Pierre ? – what is your opinion about Pierre?
• se plaindre de Pierre – to complain about Pierre
• profiter de Pierre – to take advantage of Pierre
• rêver de Pierre – to dream of Pierre
• rire de Pierre – to laugh at Pierre
• se servir de Pierre – to use Pierre
• se souvenir de Pierre – to remember Pierre
• se tromper de livre – to (take/buy…) the wrong book

If you know more COMMON French verbs followed by “de” + verb in the infinitive, please leave a comment below, or contact me , and I’ll add them to the list. Merci!

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Usage notes: The French phrase avoir beau might seem odd, as it uses avoir (to have) plus an action verb in the infinitive , but this is the most common way to express doing something in vain in French.

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Avoir beau is often used to make general statements of impotence, with the indefinite pronoun on :

 Note that the main verb is always an infinitive, not a past participle ; the latter would create a phrase with the passé composé modified inexplicably by beau .

Also remember that because the infinitive and past participle of -er verbs sound the same, you might be tempted to consider some of the above examples as past actions, but they’re not: avoir is in the present, which means the vain acts are too. To talk about a vain attempt in the past, avoir itself needs to be conjugated into the passé composé :

• faire en vain
• faire inutilement

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Today we’re going to look at the preposition “de” in 2 different contexts: verb + de + infinitive and verb + de + direct object . Verb + de + infinitive It’s very common in French that if you want to use verbs in a row, they may need to be separated with a preposition ( de or à – we’ll get to à another time).        J’ai essayé d ’appeler ma mère, mais la ligne était occupée.        I tried calling my mother, but the line was busy. Note the usage of de between essayer and appeler! Essayer is one of those verbs that takes de if there’s another verb following it. The bad news? There are no rules. The good news? I’m giving you a list! Memorize these verbs and use de with them! 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French verbs with the preposition de De plus a noun can be replaced by the adverbial pronoun en. ... He congratulated me for my discovery. > He congratulated me for it. Verb + de + infinitive. Note that this construction may be equivalent to an English infinitive (e.g., to do) or a gerund (doing). ... essayer de : to try to: List of French Verbs Followed by the Preposition de & Verb 2 - List of Common French Verbs Followed by the Preposition de + Verb. To make it clearer, I'll use "faire quelque chose" as my second verb, but you could replace it with any other infinitive that makes sense. accepter de faire quelque chose - to accept to do something. List of French Verbs Followed by the Preposition DE + INFINITIVE STEP 1: Verbs + no preposition + infinitive . Download the list without examples and keep it as a reference. Download and study the list with examples in French and English. Highlight the verbs and infinitives as you read the sentences aloud. STEP 2: Verbs + À + infinitive . Download the list without examples and keep it as a reference. Avoir beau IPA. [a vwaʁ bo] Usage notes: The French phrase avoir beau might seem odd, as it uses avoir (to have) plus an action verb in the infinitive, but this is the most common way to express doing something in vain in French. Par exemple…. J'ai beau dire la vérité, personne ne me croit. I'm telling the truth, but in vain: no one believes me. Using "de" with French Verbs Not so easy. Today we're going to look at the preposition "de" in 2 different contexts: verb + de + infinitive and verb + de + direct object. Verb + de + infinitive. It's very common in French that if you want to use verbs in a row, they may need to be separated with a preposition ( de or à - we'll get to à another time). Prepositions Before Infinitives In French, when a verb follows a preposition, the verb is normally in its infinitive form. 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