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Combine the elements with prepositions in french.

Nous adions/ nos parents/ faire le menage.

is it Nous adions a nos parents a faire le menage? or de faire?

thanks

I'll send this to SraJMcGin (aka Mme).

Salut! I'm assuming that you are using the verb "to help" = aider. Note the spelling. "To help" someone to do something is "aidér qq à + infinitive. There is also the reflexive verb: "s'aider de" so note the different prepositions. Prepositions in French can cause difficulty but if you have reached the lesson on verbs that require prepositions, I can make a list for you, if you ask for it.

Now, let's take the example you have above: There is no "personal a" in French, in case you have ever studied Spanish.

Nous aidons (Present Tense) OR aidions (l'Imparfait = a Past Tense) nos parents à faire le ménage.

Please note also the accent marks. If you don't know how to make them with a computer, you need to learn. If I were to tell you how, I would need to know 2 things:
1. Do you have a PC or a Mac?
2. Do you have Windows or not?

Feel free to ask any question and one of the other volunteer teachers will let me know. I no longer come to the Jiskha Homework Board, but that doesn't mean that I won't help you!

Sra (aka Mme)

Nous aidons nos parents à faire le ménage.

To combine the elements with prepositions in French correctly, you need to choose the appropriate prepositions based on the specific context. In the given sentence, "Nous adions/ nos parents/ faire le ménage," you are trying to express that "we help our parents" with the action of "doing the housecleaning."

In this case, the correct preposition to use would be "à," as it indicates the purpose or action that is being helped or contributed to. Therefore, the correct sentence construction is:

"Nous aidons nos parents à faire le ménage."

Here, "à faire" is used to connect the verb "aider" (to help) with the infinitive verb "faire" (to do). This combination translates to "to help [someone] to do [something]."

So, in summary, the corrected sentence is: "Nous aidons nos parents à faire le ménage."