French 10: (Many, Many) Infinitives, Date and Time, Family

Infinitives

The infinitive mood is an impersonal mood that isn't conjugated nor associated with any subject pronoun. It can be used in a variety of constructions, either with or without prepositions.
Infinitives are often the objects of conjugated semi-auxiliary verbs such as vouloir, pouvoir, and aimer.

Infinitives can also act like nouns and can be used as subjects.
As you learned previously, some verbs must be followed by a preposition to complete their meaning (e.g. penser à). An infinitive can be used as an object when it follows such prepositions.

Since infinitives can act like nouns, they can follow être + de to describe or define a subject (as a subject complement).

The preposition pour ("for" or "in order to") can come before an infinitive to express the purpose of an action.

An infinitive can also modify a noun when used with de or à. It may take practice to decide which preposition should be used, but in general, use de whenever the infinitive has an object.

Infinitives can be used with the construction il est + adjective + de to create impersonal expressions.

Faire often appears before a verb to indicate that the subject causes something to happen instead of
performing it. It's often used in relation to foods.
The verb rendre ("to make") can also indicate that the subject has caused something to happen, but it's used with adjectives instead of verbs.

In French, the infinitive is also used for generalized instructions like those in product manuals, public notices, recipes, and proverbs.

Conjugated verbs are the only verbs that can appear inside a negation, so when a negation is used with an infinitive, both parts of the negation come before the infinitive.

An infinitive can also be used to pose a question. These sentences may not translate literally to English.

Recall that the subject in the impersonal construction il est + adjective + de must be a dummy subject. If it's a real subject, you must use à instead of de.

Vocabulary - numbers, family, date and time, and more verbs

517	le chiffre	the figure
518	un million	a million
519	une dizaine	around ten
520	père	father	noun
521	mère	mother	noun
522	fille	daughter/ girl	noun
523	femme	woman/ wife	noun
524	homme	man	noun
525	mari	husband	noun
526	fils	son	noun
527	prénom	first name	noun
528	sœur	sister	noun
529	frère	brother	noun
530	maman	mother	noun
531	papa	father	noun
532	un bébé	baby	noun
533	couple	couple	noun
534	oncle	uncle	noun
535	tante	aunt	noun
536	grand-mère	grandmother	noun
537	cousin/ cousine	cousin	noun
538	neveu	nephew	noun
539	nièce	niece	noun
540	le mariage	the marriage	noun
541	le parent	the parent	noun
542	petit-fils	grandson	noun
543	grand-père	grandfather	noun
544	petite-fille	granddaughter	noun
545	le temps	the time
546	le jour	the day
547	un an	a year
548	aujourd'hui	today
549	un mois	a month
550	le petit déjeuner	the breakfast
551	le déjeuner	the lunch
552	demain	tomorrow
553	le midi	noon
554	siècle	century ??
555	une année	a year
556	le matin	morning
557	la semaine	week
558	une journée	a day
559	le début	the beginning
560	la période	the period
561	la minute	minute
562	la durée	the duration
563	le hier	yesterday
564	un hiver	winter
565	janvier	January
566	fevrier	February
567	mars	March
568	avril	April
569	mai	May
570	juin	June
571	juillet	July
572	août	August
573	Septembre	September
574	Octobre	October
575	Novembre	November
576	décembre	December
577	lundi	Monday
578	mardi	Tuesday
579	mercredi	Wednesday
580	jeudi	Thursday
581	vendredi	Friday
582	samedi	Saturday
583	dimanche	Sunday
584	la saison	the season
585	le printemps	spring
586	les vacances	vacation
587	la fête	festival/ party
588	une anniversaire	birthday/ anniversary
589	un automne	autumn
590	la naissance	the birth
591	la jeunesse	youth
592	la montre	watch	noun
593	la nuit	night
594	la soirée	evening
595	le minuit	midnight
596	un après-midi	afternoon
597	soir	evening
598	dîner	dinner
599	le calendrier	calendar
600	rendez-vous	meeting
601	et demi/ et demie	and half/ … thirty (time)
602	un quart	quarter
603	demi-heure	half an hour
604	un heure	hour
605	une seconde	second
606	un moment	a moment
607	Savoir	to know	verb
608	Donner	To give	verb
609	Penser	To think	verb
610	Jouer	To play	verb
611	Venir	to come	verb
612	parler	to speak	verb
613	acheter	to buy	verb
614	écrire	to write	verb
615	lire	to read	verb
616	porter	to wear	verb
617	montrer	to show	verb
618	aimer	to like	verb
619	dormir	to sleep	verb
620	appeler	to call	verb
621	dîner	to dine	verb
622	déjeuner	to lunch	verb
623	choisir	to choose	verb
624	aller	to go	verb
625	marcher	to walk	verb
626	apporter	to carry	verb
627	vendre	to sell	verb
628	apprendre	to learn	verb
629	couper	to cut	verb
630	inviter	to invite	verb
631	vider	to empty	verb
632	griller	to grill	verb
633	goûter	to taste	verb
634	bouillir	to boil	verb

636	entendre	to hear	verb
637	Mettre	to put	verb
638	partir	to leave	verb
639	passer	to pass	verb
640	laissir	to leave/ to let alone	verb
641	rendre	to make	verb
642	croire	to believe	verb
643	tenir	to hold	verb
644	attendre	to wait	verb
645	préparer	to prepare	verb
646	apparaître	to appear	verb
647	connaître	to know	verb
648	mourir	to die	verb
649	rester	to stay/ to rest	verb
650	retrouver	to recover/ retrieve find	verb
651	tirer	to shoot	verb
652	tomber	to fall	verb
653	suivre	to follow	verb
654	répondre	to reply	verb
655	obtenir	to obtain	verb
656	perdre	to lose	verb
657	expliquer	to explain	verb
658	servir	to serve	verb
659	arriver	to come	verb
660	vouloir	to want	verb
661	ouvrir	to open	verb
662	monter	to climb	verb
663	oublier	to forget	verb
664	poser	to pose/ put	verb
665	arrêter	to stop	verb
666	sentir	to feel/ smell	verb
667	atteindre	to reach/ achieve	verb
668	tutoyer	to address as "tu"	verb
669	vouvoyer	to address as "vous"	verb
670	revenir	to come back	verb
671	devoir	duty	verb
672	changer	to change	verb
673	permettre	to permit	verb
674	quitter	to quit/ leave	verb
675	reprendre	to resume	verb
676	travailler	to work	verb
677	garder	to keep/ maintain guard	verb
678	imaginer	imagine	verb
679	lever	to raise / lift	verb
680	tourner	to turn / rotate	verb
681	gagner	to win	verb
682	recevoir	to receive	verb
683	aider	to help	verb
684	créer	to create	verb
685	découvrir	to discover	verb
686	compter	to count	verb
687	tuer	to kill	verb
688	rentrer	to re-enter	verb
689	réaliser	to realize/ achieve	verb
690	toucher	to touch	verb
691	finir	to finish	verb
692	présenter	to present	verb
693	essayer	to try	verb
694	coucher	to lie down	verb
695	occuper	to occupy	verb
696	payer	to pay	verb
697	jeter	to throw	verb
698	définir	to define	verb
699	agir	to act	verb
700	écouter	to listen	verb
701	offrir	to offer	verb
702	vivre	to live	verb
703	chercher	to search	verb
704	demander	to ask/ demand	verb
705	sauter	to jump	verb

706	empêcher	to prevent	verb
707	éviter	to avoid	verb
708	pousser	to push	verb
709	rencontrer	to meet	verb
710	construire	to construct	verb
711	constater	to note/ observe/ see	verb
712	prévoir	to foresee	verb
713	sortir	to go out	verb
714	entrer	to enter	verb
715	envoyer	to send	verb
716	juger	to judge	verb
717	bouger	to move/ shift/ budge	verb
718	résoudre	to solve	verb
719	diminuer	to decrease	verb
720	remplir	to fill	verb
721	supporter	to support/ endure to bear	verb
722	remplacer	to replace	verb
723	réfléchir	to reflect	verb
724	décider	to decide	verb
725	entraîner	to exercise	verb
726	avancer	to advance	verb
727	refuser	to refuse	verb
728	fermer	to close	verb
729	décrire	to describe	verb
730	organiser	to organize	verb
731	vérifier	to verify	verb
732	subir	to undergo	verb
733	manquer	to miss	verb
734	relever	to raise / pick up/ lift	verb
735	soutenir	to support	verb
736	abandonner	to abandon	verb
737	casser	to break	verb
738	contrôler	to control/ monitor	verb
739	raconter	to narrate / recount	verb
740	réussir	to succeed	verb
741	discuter	to discuss	verb
742	téléphoner	to telephone	verb
743	terminer	to end	verb
744	accompagner	to accompany	verb
745	adopter	to adopt	verb
746	contacter	to contact	verb
747	partager	to share	verb
748	promener	to walk	verb
749	cacher	to hide	verb
750	retourner	to return	verb
751	accepter	to accept	verb
752	prévenir	to prevent	verb
753	défendre	to defend	verb
754	continuer	to continue	verb
755	commencer	to begin	verb
756	prêter	to lend	verb
757	emprunter	to borrow	verb
758	sauver	to save	verb

759	dépenser	to spend	verb
760	citer	to cite	verb
761	démarrer	to get started	verb