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Past Infinitives

 

 

 

• Compare the structures:

avant de + present infinitive = avant de partir

 

après + past infinitive = après être parti(e)

                                                (avoir/être + past participle)

 

 

• Infinitives are used after prepositions, with the exception of en.

 

 

• Following the preposition après, a past infinitive must be used, as in the example.

 

 

• English equivalent is adding –ing to a subject-verb construction.

 

 

 

Ex. Après être allés en France, ses parents ont ouvert un restaurant.

(After they went to France, her parents opened a restaurant.)

           

Après avoir retrouvé Saba, sa mèrel’a emmenée en France.

(After finding Saba again, her mother took her to France.)