The infinitive mood Flashcards

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The Infinitif présent mood in English is used as the present Participle “cooking, taking etc.”

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The infinitif présent mood is used as the subject of a verb “SUIVRE des cours de cuisine set amusant
Taking cooking classes is fun

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VOYAGER par le train est rapide

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traveling by train is fast

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Learning a foreign language is very useful

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APPRENDRE une langue étrangère est très utile

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The infinitif is also used for general instructions, prescriptions, public notices, proverbs, where the imperative is often used in English.
“Take once a day.”

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Prendre une fois par jour

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Do not lean out the window

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Ne pas se pencher par la fenêtre

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Keep off the lawn

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Ne pas marcher sur la pelouse

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chop the parley

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Hacher le persil

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Frachir la dinde

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Stuff the turkey

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Grate half a pound of cheese

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Râper une demi-livre de fromage

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poach the fish

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Pocher le poisson

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The causative form of FAIRE is used with the infinitive présent. causative form of faire expresses the ides of having something done by someone, or causing something to happen

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Elle a fait mancérer la viande vingt-quatre heures - He macerated the meat 24 hours

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Faire causative form:
Elle a fait rôtir le poulet
J’ai fait griller le pain
J’ai fait tremper les pruneaux

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She roasted the chicken
I toasted the bread
I soaked the prunes

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The infinitive is used after expressions of spending time:

Elle passe son temp à créer de nouvelles recettes

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She spends her time creating new recipes

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Il passe ses vacances aà lire des livres de cuisine

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He spends his vacation reading cookbooks

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The infinitive is used after expressions of position. à precedes the infinitive
He is standing peeling carrots
She is sitting shelling peas

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Il est debout à éplucher des carottes

Elle est assise à écosser des petits pois

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He is squatting in the garden picking strawberries

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Il est accroupi dans le jardin à cueillir des fraises

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She is kneeling pulling out weeds

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Elle est à genoux à arracher les mauvaises herbes