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.

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Megan H.C1Kwiziq community member

aux prix

Why is it 'aux prix' and not 'au prix'. Isn't prix singular?

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Megan

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When to use which preposition?

Bonjour,

I was wondering in the examples above what the difference is between using en and dans la in these sentences?

Je suis en classe

I'm in class

Je suis dans la classe

I'm in the classe

Is it because the sentence has I'm in THE classe so you use dans + la?

Also is there any exercises such as worksheets with this lesson or any other lessons for prepositions?

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Nicole

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Charles T.C1Kwiziq community member

Conditional tense not future

"j'aurai écrit" - should be 'j'aurais écrit', should it not?

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tony w.C1Kwiziq community member

dicteé " A childhood passion

in order to make us do our homeworkcorrect answer is "enfin de nous faire faire nos devoirs. Why is the infinitive used in both cases ("make us" "do our homework"?

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Sithra G.Kwiziq community member

Do we say , " organises-y-en une!" Or "organise-y-en une!"

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Vikki W.C1Kwiziq community member

Present or past subjunctive

Thanks for trying to help Chris but I'm afraid it still doesn't clarify it. You said that it was asking for the present subjunctive in your 1st answer but in your second answer you say "The PAST subjunctive is used here to express that between" actions " 1) and 2) there is no temporal overlap. "

Perhaps if I ask it a different way

The English version is "Before I started to learn french". 'Started" is in the past tense, therefore shouldn't I translate it into the past subjunctive ie "avant que je n'aie commencé à apprendre le Français"

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Gordon M.C1Kwiziq community member

Reflexive pronoun not used

10. Cette infirmière attend un garçon is not reflexive. Why in one answer This nurse is expecting a boy.

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