French language Q&A Forum

I constantly make errors when a infinitive follows another verb.  Sometimes the preposition 'de' introduces the infinitive as in "...decide de couper... " in the above exercise.   Sometimes the preposition  'à' intervenes as in "intéresser à".  Then there are verbs which take no preposition, for example "aller".  Finally, we have an example using the preposition pour, as in "...insisted pour payer..." in the exercise.  My question is "Are there patterns for these verbs or is it a matter of just learning by rote or just by listening to hundreds of conversations to remember the usage?" Thanks so much for your consideration. 

Est-ce qu'on peut utiliser le mot français, la péninsule, au lieu de 'la presqu'île' ?  Si non, quelle est la différence ?

The adjective, vintage, does not agree with its plural noun, vêtements.   Is it invariant and is this so because it is a word borrowed from English ?   If so, is this the case with other borrowed adjectives, for example super?  Thanks for the informative story about Lille.

What are the different usages of habiter and vivre

I also had difficulties understanding the sentences because the audio was too fast for me. However, I understand that the french speak fast and I need to spend a lot of time listening to spoken french for my ears to get used to it. 

The sentence given in English is "Go to bed!"  Why isn't it simply "to bed!" to avoid confusing it with "va te coucher!"  which is marked as "wrong"? 

Arrived here from a Kwiz and given a choice of même and pareille.. i choose la pareille.. which it said was wrong and directed me here for an explanation.. not seeing pareille and any explanation as to why I was wrong?