n.alo

[clear trail]

Please be patient

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[frail stump]

The question is not "what do I put before a verb?" most of the time
It's "what do I put after the previous verb?"

Different verbs take different prepositions afterwards some take multiple prepositions, some take none, some the meaning changes depending on the preposition and some need a different preposition (or none at all) depending on if what follows is a verb or a noun

so, for instance, the verb "parler" can take muliple prepositions

you can "parler à quelqu'un" → to speak to someone
you can "parler avec quelqu'un" → to speak with someone
you can "parler de quelqu'un" → to speak about someone
and you can "parler de faire quelque chose" → to talk about doing something

[daring idol]

So is it that i have to memorize which verbs take which prepositions ?