French verbs followed by À + Infinitive
The following verbs must be followed by the preposition À when they are used before verbs in the infinitive form. There are plenty of other verbs that require À, but here are some of the most common ones.
It will not be helpful to translate from English to French because many times we don’t need a preposition in English.
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List of French Verbs Followed by the Preposition À + Infinitive
| aider à to help doing something |
| apprendre à to learn / to teach to do something |
| arriver à to manage to do something |
| chercher à to try to do something; to seek to do something |
| commencer à to begin doing something |
| continuer à to continue doing something (an action) |
| encourager à to encourage (someone) to do something |
| hésiter à to hesitate doing something |
| inviter à to invite to do something |
| mettre du temps à to spend time doing something (to accomplish a task) |
| obliger à to make (someone) do something |
| passer du temps à to spend time doing something |
| perdre du temps à to lose time doing something |
| pousser à to push (someone) to do something |
| renoncer à to give up on doing something |
| réussir à to succeed at doing something |
| s’amuser à to have fun doing something |
| s’attendre à to expect to do something |
| s’habituer à to get used to doing something |
| se mettre à to begin doing something |
| se préparer à to get ready to do something |
| servir à to be used to do something |
| tenir à to really want to do something |
Other lists to master:
👉Verbs + NO PREPOSITION + Infinitives
