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L’infinitif pr ésent

L’infinitif pr ésent. The inifinitive can be used as the subject of a sentence. When it’s negative, both elements of negation precede it. Vouloir c’est pouvoir . Where there’s a will, there’s a way. (Literally: To want is to be able.) Tout comprendre , c’est tout pardonner .

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L’infinitif pr ésent

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  1. L’infinitif présent

  2. The inifinitive can be used as the subject of a sentence. When it’s negative, both elements of negation precede it. • Vouloir c’est pouvoir. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. (Literally: To want is to be able.) • Tout comprendre, c’est tout pardonner. To understand all is to forgive all. • Être ou ne pas être, voilà la question. To be or not to be, that is the question.

  3. When a conjugated verb is followed by a second verb, it’s always an infinitive. Remember that either verb can be negative: • Mado ne veut pas parler de la guerre. • Mado does not want to talk about the war. • Mado préfère ne pas connaître la vérité sur Antoine. • Mado prefers not to know the truth about Antoine.

  4. Some verbs must be followed by the preposition à before an infinitive: • Cette nuit-là, Pierre a réussi à se traîner jusqu’ici. • That night, Pierre managed to drag himself back here.

  5. Some verbs are followed by de before an infinitive: • Et Fergus a demandé à mon mari de réunir tous ses amis résistants. • And Fergus asked my husband to get all of his friends in the Resistance together.

  6. The infinitive is also used as an imperative to give impersonal commands on public signs and to give directions in recipes. • Ne pas se pencher dehors. • Don’t lean out (of the window). • Ajouter la sauce. Saler et poivrer. • Add the sauce. Add salt and pepper.

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