French verbs requiring a preposition
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A number of French verbs require the preposition en in front of a noun.
agir en | to act like/as | |
arranger en | to arrange, set up as | |
avoir confiance en | to trust | |
casser en (morceaux, quatre) | to break in(to) (pieces, four) | |
changer en | to change into | |
convertir en | to convert into | |
couper en (deux, trois) | to cut in (two, three pieces) | |
croire en | to believe in | |
dégénérer en | to degenerate into | |
se déguiser en | to disguise oneself as | |
écrire en (français, caractères) | to write (in French, block letters) | |
ériger en | to set up as | |
s’habiller en | to dress in | |
mesurer en (mètres, litres) | to measure in (meters, liters) | |
se mettre en colère se mettre en route |
to get mad to set out, get going |
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partir en (guerre, voyage) partir en (voiture, train) |
to leave for (war, a trip) to leave by/in (car, train) |
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peindre en | to paint in/with | |
réduire en | to reduce to | |
traduire en (français, anglais) | to translate into (French, English) | |
transformer en | to change into | |
se vendre en (bouteilles, boîtes) | to be sold in (bottles, cans) | |
voyager en (train, taxi) | to travel by (train, taxi) |
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