List of French Verbs Followed by the Preposition À + INFINITIVE

French verbs followed by À + INFINITIVE

These verbs must be followed by À when they are used before verbs in the INFINITIVE form. There are other verbs that need 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. Unfortunately, you will have to memorize this list.

This lesson is more advanced and includes more verbs than my A2 level lesson. Check out my full course which includes examples in French and English at the B1-B2 level. Click here for an A2 level lesson on verbs followed directly by infinitives or prepositions and enroll in my full course for free @ LLL French Academy.

When you sign up for my full course, you get examples in French and English for all of the following verbs as well as lots of exercises and practice cards to help you master your new French grammar skill! You’ll also learn which verbs require à or de when followed by nouns.

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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

FULL B1 LEVEL COURSE ON VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES OR PREPOSITIONS

THIS LESSON IS INCLUDED IN JENNIFER’S FRENCH PROGRAM FOR SELF-LEARNERS

B1 LEVEL: FRENCH VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES OR NOUNS

Certain French verbs must be followed by DE, À, or NOTHING when an infinitive comes next. Some verbs require À or DE when followed by nouns. This lesson expands upon the list of common verbs you learned in my free A2 level lesson, and it includes examples for every verb in French with English translations. The examples are written at a B1-B2 level.

This is not a lesson that can really be explained as there is no rhyme or reason as to whether you need prepositions or not. I thought the best thing to do would be to provide you with comprehensive lists and practice resources. It will not be helpful to translate from English to French because many times we don’t need prepositions in English even though they’re essential in French. The best thing to do is work on memorizing these lists.

TRÈS IMPORTANT: Unlike my level A2 lesson, this is a course about verbs when followed both by infinitives as well as nouns. It is important to revise verbs followed by nouns to help you remember when to use the pronouns Y and EN as well as the relative pronoun DONT.

STEP 1: Verbs + no preposition + infinitive