15.8.2.4 Infinitives connected with à after certain verbs |
Verb | Example | ||
aider = to help | Il l' aide à faire ses devoirs. | He helps doing his homework. | |
apprendre = to learn | Il a appris à nager à l' âge de cinq ans. | He learned to swim with 5 years. | |
arriver = to arrive, to achieve | Je crois qu' il arrivera à le faire. | I think he will achieve to do it. | |
aspirer = to aspire | Il aspire à pouvoir vivre sans travailler. | He aspires to live without working. | |
autoriser = to permit | Il l' a autorisé(e) à prendre sa voiture. | He permitted him to use his car. | |
chercher = to try | Il cherche à ne pas se laisser affoler. | He tries not to get confused. | |
consentir = zustimmen | Il consent à lui prêter l' argent dont il a besoin. | He agrees to borrow the money he needs. | |
contribuer = to contribute | Son discours a contribué à calmer les esprits. | His speech contributed to calm down the spirits. | |
correspondre = to correspond | Dire qu' on va le faire plus tard, correspond à ne pas le faire du tout. | To say to do it later corresponds to say not to do it at all. | |
encourager = to encourage | Il l' a toujours encouragé à le faire. | He has always encouraged him to do it. | |
hésiter = to hesitate | Il n' a jamais hésité à venir au secours de qui que ce soit. | He has never hesitated to go to help others. | |
inviter = to invite | Il invite tout le monde à y réfléchir. | He invites everybody to think about it. | |
parvenir = to succeed | Il est parvenu à convaincre tout le monde. | He managed to convince everybody. | |
persister
= to persist | Il persiste à réaliser son projet. | He persists to realize his project. | |
renoncer = to give up | Il a renoncé à poursuivre son projet. | He gave up to persue his project. | |
rester = to stay | Ce qui reste à faire nous allons le faire demain. | What remains to be done, we will do tomorrow. | |
réussir = to succeed | Enfin il a réussi à lui dire qu' il l' aime. | Finally he succeeded in telling her that he loves her. | |
servir = to serve | Cela sert à chauffer de l' eau. | This serves to heat water. | |
s' amuser = to amuse oneself | Il s' amuse à énerver les autres. | He amuses himself by annoying the others. | |
s' attendre = to expect | Je m'attends à devoir répondre à toute une panoplie de questions. | I expect to have to answer a whole lot of questions. | |
se borner = to limit to | Il s' est borné à répondre aux questions qu' on lui a posées. | He limited himself to answer the questions posed to him. | |
s' engager = to commit | Il s' est engagé à donner des cours supplémentaires aux gens qui ne l' ont pas encore compris. | He commited himself to give private coaching to people, who did not yet understand it. | |
s' entraîner = to train | Il s' est entraîné à nager 10 km. | He trained to swim 10 km. | |
se limiter = to limit oneself | Dans son discours il s'est limité à mentionner les problèmes que tout le monde connaissait déjà. | In his speech he limited himself in mentioning problems that everyone already knew. | |
se mettre = to start | Il s' est mis à préparer le petit déjeuner. | He started to make breakfast. | |
se préparer = to prepare | Il s' est préparé à partir en Espagne. | He prepared to go to Spain. | |
se résigner = to resign | Il s' est résigné à faire ce travail. | He resigned himself to do this work. | |
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