Increase your Spanish, French, Italian etc vocabulary unconsciously, easily.
Learn To Speak Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Chinese
 French Grammar  -  German Grammar  -  Italian Grammar  - Spanish Grammar
            Home
            Download
            F A Q
            Purchase
            Contact US
            Our Product
                Spanish
                French
                German
                Italian
                Chinese
                Japanese
                Russian
            Links
 
Awards / Ratings
French - To Receive , Infinitives followed by Prepositions, To Follow, Faire Causative   

To Receive

Recevoir-to receive (ruh-suh-vwahr)
reçois ruh-swah recevons ruh-suh-vohn
reçois ruh-swah recevez ruh-suh-vay
reçoit ruh-swah reçoivent ruh-swahv

The past participle of recevoir is reçu.

Infinitives followed by Prepositions

Some infinitives take à or de before another infinitive.
Verb + à Verb + de
aider accepter finir
s'amuser arrêter interdire
apprendre avoir envie menacer
arriver avoir honte oublier
chercher avoir peur permettre
commencer avoir raison promettre
consister avoir tort refuser
continuer choisir regretter
donner décider remercier
encourager défendre rêver
enseigner demander risquer
s'exercer se dépêcher venir (to have just)
s'habituer dire
hésiter empêcher
insister essayer
inviter être heureux
renoncer être obligé
réussir éviter
songer s'excuser

Note, however, that when you mean "to tell someone to do something," French uses the verb + the indirect object + de + the infinitive.

To Follow

Suivre-to follow (sweev-ruh)
suis swee suivons swee-vohn
suis swee suivez swee-vay
suit swee suivent sweev

The past participle of suivre is suivi.  Suivre can also be used with school subjects to mean "to take a course."
Suivez le guide!  Follow the guide!
Suivez les instructions.  Follow the instructions.
Je suis un cours de maths.  I'm taking a math class.

Faire Causative

Faire + an infinitive is called the faire causative.  It translates to "have something done by someone or cause something to be done by someone," or "to cause someone to do something."

Je répare la voiture.  I'm fixing the car.
Je fais réparer la voiture.  I'm having the car fixed.
Il peint son appartement.  He's painting his apartment.
Il fait peindre son appartement.  He's having his apartment painted.
Le bébé mange.  The baby is eating.
Elle fait manger le bébé.  She's feeding the baby.

When replacing the object with a pronoun, the pronoun precedes faire.  And in past tenses, the past participle remains invariable.

Je la fais réparer.  I'm having it fixed.
Il leur a fait apprendre les verbes.  He had them learn the verbs.
Il les leur a fait apprendre.  He had them learn them.

Copyright © 2001-2009, ReciteWords.com Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
online abilify buy accutane online buy acomplia acyclovir online amoxil 500mg avandia 4mg azithromycin pharmacy buspar reviews celebrex drug prescription celexa withdrawals buy cialis soft online cipro clomid for sale fibromyalgia cymbalta diflucan phone order generic doxycycline canadian drugs online evista online flagyl medication flomax cheap price imitrex cost kamagra online buy lamisil tablets buy lasix from a us pharmacy levaquin prescription order levitra lipitor 10mg tablet order nolvadex online order paroxetine tablets pharmacy buy premarin without a prescription no prescription needed propecia no prescription sildenafil citrate cheap buy singulair 10mg tadalafil sale viagra for sale without a prescription discount zithromax zoloft discounted