Peut-on dire, par exemple, « nous allons aller continuer apprendre chanter »?

RodA2Kwiziq community member

Peut-on dire, par exemple, « nous allons aller continuer apprendre chanter »?

i.e., stringing as many as four (or more??) infinitives together...
Asked 7 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team memberCorrect answer
Bonjour Rod !

Here you need to be aware that some verbs are always followed by prepositions: so "je vais + infinitive", but "continuer à + infinitive" and "apprendre à + infinitive". Also "nous allons aller" sounds very redundant here.

Therefore, the correct sentence would be:
"Nous allons continuer à apprendre à chanter."

A bientôt !
RodA2Kwiziq community member
Bonjour Aurélie, A great reminder about the prepositions being REQUIRED with certain verbs, even in the infinitive. So very clarifying, and therefore so very helpful. Je te remercie!

Peut-on dire, par exemple, « nous allons aller continuer apprendre chanter »?

i.e., stringing as many as four (or more??) infinitives together...

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