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[cosmic chasm]

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[woven mason]

It's not a question of before the infinitive, but of after what comes before (typically a verb or an adjective)

je viens de parler à ma mère
il est heureux de vous accueillir

[compact glade]

There’s also á which comes after sometimes and sometimes it’s pour I think and then sometimes it’s nothing, how can I just remember these random patterns between verbs

[lavish swift]

there are tendencies, for instance communication verbs generally use à (parler à, demander à...)
but when it comes to prepositions after verbs, many of them are pretty random, you have to learn constructions, notably through experience (no preposition, à and de are the biggest culprits, other prepositions tend to be part of generally applicable constructions though they too can feel pretty random at times)

"jouer" is such an example

[cosmic chasm]

Jouer un rôle
Jouer à un jeu
Jouer d'un instrument

[compact glade]

So it’s just a question of experience, at the moment should I just kind of not worry then?