Verbs followed by prepositions

Liz G.B2Kwiziq community member

Verbs followed by prepositions

How do you remember whether to use de or à after a verb.

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Liz,

Look out for some Kwiziq lists and exercises which are being prepared and which will hopefully help you to retain them...

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Paul F.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Unfortunately there is no easy way, and for each verb we have to learn them individually, and then try to remember them (there are lists on-line but it is very hard to retain this info). So with “promettre” there was a 33.3% chance that it would need either à or de or no preposition at all. And of course, as per usual, and after much consideration, I got it wrong as well!

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Verbs followed by prepositions

How do you remember whether to use de or à after a verb.

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