L`Infinitif

L’Infinitif
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Regardez ces examples:
•Je détesteétudier.
•J’adoreregarder les films français.
•J’aimetéléphoner à mes amis.
•Je n’aimepas travailler samedi soir.
•Je vais faire les courses demain.
•Nous pouvons partir
immédiatement.
•Vous devez faire vos devoirs!
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Infinitive Construction
•In general, an infinitive
construction is made up of 2 verbs.
•The first verb is conjugated (=it
agrees with the subject of the
sentence), the second is used as
an infinitive.
•J’aimejouer au football samedi.
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Negation of infinitive
Constructions
•To make an infinitive
construction negative, place
the negative expression
(ne…pas) around the first verb.
Je n’aimepas étudier.
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Verbs Commonly Followed by
Infinitives
•aimer- to like, enjoy
•aimer mieux- to
prefer
•désirer- to want
•détester- to dislike,
hate
•espérer- to hope
•préférer- to prefer
•souhaiter- to wish
•pouvoir- can, to be
able
•vouloir- to want,
wish
•devoir- must,
should, to have to
•aller- to go
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