Saturday, November 23, 2019
Listen to the Radio in French is Ãâ°couter la Radio
Listen to the Radio in French is Ãâ°couter la Radio Mistakes will always be made in French, and now you can learn from them. The verbà à ©couterà does not need a preposition to connect it to the next word. So when youre listening to the radio or anything else in French, you would not add a preposition, as you would in English: à à Jà ©coute la radio. à Im listening to the radio.à à à Il aime à ©couter les discours. He likes listening to speeches.à à à Ãâ°coutez la voix de la sagesse. Listen to the voice of reason.à à Elle va te faire à ©couter un chanson. à Shes going to play you a song. à à Verbs and Prepositions: To Add or Not To Add Many French verbs do need a preposition suchà as or de- by far the most common- to connect them to the next verb and complete their meaning. Its this way in English, too; consider to look at and to take care of. But many of the most common French verbs, such as aller, croire, faire, falloir, penser, pouvoir, sentir, savoir, venir, voir and vouloir,à do not need a preposition at all and are usually in constructions that go directly from conjugated verb to infinitive or conjugated verb to direct object: no prepositionà infinitive no prepositionà direct object The confusion arises for English-language speakers when the prepositions required for French verbs are not the same as the ones required by their English equivalents, or when some verbs that require a preposition in English dont take one in French, and vice versa. couter Doesnt Need a Preposition Ãâ°couterà is one of those French verbs that areà not followed by a preposition whereas their English equivalents are.à The explanation? The French verb à ©couter means to listen to, which cancels the need to add another preposition. Beginners often mistakenly add after à ©couter, in effect saying to listen to to something. And that is a classic French learners mistake. Some French learners find it helpful to memorize lists of verbs by the prepositions they require, while others prefer a master list ofà alphabetized verbs. Additional Resources How to Use French verbs with and without prepositionsà à List of correct prepositions that follow French verbs, if anyMost common French prepositionsFrench infinitives
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