French verbs with the preposition DE

Les verbes français et la préposition DE

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List of 20 verbs that take the preposition DE

1. accepter de …. to accept to
2. avoir besoin de …. to need to
3. avoir envie de …. to want to
4. cesser de …. to stop –ing, to cease –ing
5. continuer de …. to continue to
6. craindre de …. to fear –ing
7. faire semblant de …. to pretend to
8. finir de …. to finish –ing
9. manquer de quelque chose …. to miss something
10. parler de …. to speak about
11. penser de …. to think of, to have an opinion about
12. profiter de …. to make the most of, to enjoy
13. rêver de …. to dream of
14. s’agir de …. to be a question of, to be about
15. s’occuper de …. to be busy with
16. se méfier de …. to distrust, beware of, to be wary of
17. se moquer de …. to make fun of
18. se rendre compte de …. to realize something
19. servir de …. to be used as, to serve as
20. se souvenir de …. to remember something or to remember to

Long list

Long list of common verbs that take the preposition DE

See why some of the verbs are in italics at the bottom of the list.

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1. accepter de …. to accept to
2. accuser quelqu’un de …. to accuse someone of
3. arrêter de …. to stop –ing
4. avoir besoin de …. to need to
5. avoir envie de …. to want to
6. avoir honte de …. to be ashamed to  
7. avoir peur de …. to be afraid of
8. cesser de …. to stop –ing, to cease –ing
9. choisir de …. to choose to 
10. conseiller quelqu’un de …. to advise someone to
11. continuer de …. to continue to
12. convenir de …. to admit to
13. craindre de …. to fear –ing
14. décider de …. to decide to
15. défendre à quelqu’un de …. to forbid someone to do
16. demander de …. to ask to
17. dépendre de …. to depend on
18. dire à quelqu’un de …. to tell someone to
19. douter de …. to doubt something
20. empêcher de …. to prevent from, to keep from
21. essayer de …. to try to
22. être + adjectif + de …. to be + adjective to
23. faire semblant de …. to pretend to
24. féliciter quelqu’un de …. to congratulate someone for
25. finir de …. to finish –ing
26. jouer de (instrument)…. to play (an instrument)
27. jouir de …. to enjoy something
28. manquer de quelque chose …. to miss something
29. manquer de …. to almost do something
30. mériter de …. to deserve to
31. offrir de …. to offer to
32. oublier de …. to forget to
33. parler de …. to speak about
34. partir de …. to leave from
35. penser de …. to think of, to have an opinion about
36. permettre à quelqu’un de …. to allow someone to
37. prendre le parti de …. to decide to, to side for
38. prier quelqu’un de …. to beg someone to
39. profiter de …. to make the most of, to take advantage of, to enjoy
40. promettre de …. to promise to
41. proposer de …. to suggest –ing
42. récompenser quelqu’un de …. to reward someone for
43. refuser de …. to refuse to
44. regretter de …. to regret –ing
45. remercier de …. to thank for
46. rêver de …. to dream of
47. rire de …. to laugh at
48. risquer de …. to risk –ing
49. s’agir de …. to be a question of, to be about
50. s’approcher de …. to approach something
51. s’arrêter de …. to stop oneself from –ing
52. s’emparer de …. to grab something
53. s’étonner de …. to be amazed by
54. s’excuser de …. to apologize for
55. s’occuper de …. to be busy with
56. s’apercevoir de …. to notice, to realize
57. s’empresser de …. to rush –ing
58. se contenter de …. to content oneself with, to settle for
59. se dépêcher de …. to hurry to –ing
60. se hâter de …. to hurry to
61. se méfier de …. to distrust, beware of, to be wary of
62. se moquer de …. to make fun of
63. se parler de …. to talk to one another about
64. se passer de …. to do without
65. se permettre de …. to allow oneself to
66. se plaindre de …. to complain about
67. se presser de …. to hurry -ing
68. se rendre compte de …. to realize something
69. se servir de …. to use something
70. se soucier de …. to care about
71. se souvenir de …. to remember something or to remember to
72. servir de …. to be used as, to serve as
73. soupçonner quelqu’un de …. to suspect someone to          
74. suggérer de …. to suggest to
75. supplier quelqu’un de …. to beg someone to
76. tâcher de …. to try to, to attempt to
77. tenir de …. to take after someone, resemble someone
78. venir de+endroit …. to come from+place
79. venir de …. to have just done something
80. vivre de …. to live on     

The Expert Corner

It is important to know the preposition of a verb when trying to make our French a bit more sophisticated.

EN, ELLE, LUI or DONT

EN

J’ai besoin de tomates pour faire la salade.

I need tomatoes to make a salad.

TOMATES is a noun. So if I need to replace TOMATES by a pronoun, I’ll say:

J’EN ai besoin pour faire la salade.

When followed by a NOUN, verbs in italics in the list above may use the pronoun EN.

ELLE or LUI

J’ai besoin d’ANNE pour comprendre la préposition DE.

I need Anne to understand the preposition DE.

ANNE is a person. So if I need to replace ANNE by a pronoun, I’ll say:

J’ai besoin D’ELLE pour comprendre la préposition DE.

I need HER to understand the preposition DE.

If we were dealing with a man, we’d say:

J’ai besoin DE LUI pour comprendre la préposition DE.

I need HIM to understand the preposition DE.

DONT

La chaise est dans la cuisine. J’ai besoin de la chaise.

The chair is in the kitchen. I need the chair.

If I need to make one sentence out of these two sentences, I’ll use the relative pronoun DONT and I’ll say:

La chaise DONT j’ai besoin est dans la cuisine.

The chair I need is in the kitchen.

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