Why is it "J'ai du mal à (verb)", instead of "J'ai du mal a (verb)"?
I only know we use it for locations, such as "Je suis à Paris"
Why the accent grave on à ?
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Nikolas W.Kwiziq community member
Why the accent grave on à ?
This question relates to:French lesson "Avoir du mal à/avec = To have trouble, to struggle to/with (French Expressions with avoir)"
Asked 1 year ago
Bonjour Nikolas,
"a" with no accents means "has" -> Conjugations of "avoir"
When expressing "to" + [verb], you use the preposition "à" +[infinitive verb]:
Verbs followed by the preposition à and an infinitive
More verbs followed by the preposition à and an infinitive
Take a look here too: Prepositional phrases
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
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