French Verbs

Verbs with À – What Pronoun?


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Les verbes en À – Quel pronom ?
Part of 5 minutes of French a Day | French Verbs and their Prepositions
French verbs come in many different flavors. They come with or without a preposition, and this will determine the choice of the pronoun you need.
This lesson is about verbs that use the preposition À.
Here are 2 examples of French verbs with the preposition À.

* Tu demandes à ta prof de t’expliquer les pronoms.

* You’re asking your teacher to explain the pronouns to you.


* Il arrive à comprendre les prépositions.

* He’s able to understand French prepositions.



Sometimes, you want to sound more sophisticated. That’s when you will want to replace what comes after the preposition À with a pronoun. The question is: “which pronoun?”
See the comprehensive lists of which verbs with the preposition À use LUI/LEUR and which ones use Y in the premium lesson. Click on the button below.
 
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Exercice – Practice
Verbs with the preposition À and their pronouns – Replace the underlined words with the pronouns LUI/LEUR or Y. 

* Vous ne servirez pas de dessert aux invités ?
* On a réfléchi à ta proposition.
* Il a conseillé à son père de ne pas le faire.

English

* You (vous) won’t serve dessert to the guests? You (vous) won’t serve them dessert?
* We (on) thought about your proposal. We (on) thought about it.
* He advised his father to not do it. He advised him not to do it.

Réponses – Answers

* Vous ne leur servirez pas de dessert ?
* On y a réfléchi.
* Il lui a conseillé de ne pas le faire.

 
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