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Why use “finir par” instead of “finir de” before an infinitive?

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While inspecting some song lyrics, I noticed this sentence:

J'ai fini par te pardonner.

^{(Je te pardonne chanté par Maître Gims)}

I'm confused to see the preposition par before an infinitive, because all I've seen in the past is à and de.

If I were to write that sentence, I would have written it as:

J'ai fini de te pardonner.

with the meaning "I have finally forgiven you".

I feel strongly that par is in fact correct, but I have no idea why it's right and why de is wrong. Also what is the usage of par here?

usage prépositions

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  Both are correct. Finir par means to end up doing smth. So the first sentence means "I ended up forgiving you" or "After some time I finally forgave you"
  
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While inspecting some song lyrics, I noticed this sentence:

J'ai fini par te pardonner.

^{(Je te pardonne chanté par Maître Gims)}

I'm confused to see the preposition par before an infinitive, because all I've seen in the past is à and de.

If I were to write that sentence, I would have written it as:

J'ai fini de te pardonner.

with the meaning "I have finally forgiven you".

I feel strongly that par is in fact correct, but I have no idea why it's right and why de is wrong. Also what is the usage of par here?

usage prépositions

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

LPH

9,880425

asked 3 hours ago

iBug aux erreursiBug aux erreurs

2177

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Both are correct. Finir par means to end up doing smth. So the first sentence means "I ended up forgiving you" or "After some time I finally forgave you"
  
  – Teleporting Goat
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  about me de iBug aux erreurs: Je suis seulement un étudiant du français et je fais souvent des erreurs.
  
  – LPH
  2 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Even better: je suis étudiant EN français. And even better than better: j'étudie le français
  
  – Greg
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

While inspecting some song lyrics, I noticed this sentence:

J'ai fini par te pardonner.

^{(Je te pardonne chanté par Maître Gims)}

I'm confused to see the preposition par before an infinitive, because all I've seen in the past is à and de.

If I were to write that sentence, I would have written it as:

J'ai fini de te pardonner.

with the meaning "I have finally forgiven you".

I feel strongly that par is in fact correct, but I have no idea why it's right and why de is wrong. Also what is the usage of par here?

usage prépositions

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

LPH

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edited 2 hours ago

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edited 2 hours ago

LPH

9,880425

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The meanings are different:

Finir par means this is the last action you will take in a process of multiple actions you had to follow, or from multiple options that you had to choose from.

J'ai fini par te pardonner means "after coping with other feelings, in the end, I have forgiven you".

You could extend the explanation that way:

Au début, j'étais tellement fâché que je ne voulais plus te parler, mais j'ai fini par te pardonner.

Finir de means the action has been fully completed.
J'ai fini de te pardonner sounds a bit weird as pardonner is usually not something that you decide to start and that should take you a while to complete, so as to mean "I started forgiving you some time ago, and now I have finished this action and you are forgiven".

Another example with another verb:

J'ai fini de réparer ma voiture.

means you have completed the action of repairing your car

J'ai fini par réparer ma voiture.

means you had the option to have it repaired in a garage, or even to not repair it at all, but in the end you decided to repair it yourself.

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The meanings are different:

Finir par means this is the last action you will take in a process of multiple actions you had to follow, or from multiple options that you had to choose from.

J'ai fini par te pardonner means "after coping with other feelings, in the end, I have forgiven you".

You could extend the explanation that way:

Au début, j'étais tellement fâché que je ne voulais plus te parler, mais j'ai fini par te pardonner.

Finir de means the action has been fully completed.
J'ai fini de te pardonner sounds a bit weird as pardonner is usually not something that you decide to start and that should take you a while to complete, so as to mean "I started forgiving you some time ago, and now I have finished this action and you are forgiven".

Another example with another verb:

J'ai fini de réparer ma voiture.

means you have completed the action of repairing your car

J'ai fini par réparer ma voiture.

means you had the option to have it repaired in a garage, or even to not repair it at all, but in the end you decided to repair it yourself.

share|improve this answer

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3

The meanings are different:

Finir par means this is the last action you will take in a process of multiple actions you had to follow, or from multiple options that you had to choose from.

J'ai fini par te pardonner means "after coping with other feelings, in the end, I have forgiven you".

You could extend the explanation that way:

Au début, j'étais tellement fâché que je ne voulais plus te parler, mais j'ai fini par te pardonner.

Finir de means the action has been fully completed.
J'ai fini de te pardonner sounds a bit weird as pardonner is usually not something that you decide to start and that should take you a while to complete, so as to mean "I started forgiving you some time ago, and now I have finished this action and you are forgiven".

Another example with another verb:

J'ai fini de réparer ma voiture.

means you have completed the action of repairing your car

J'ai fini par réparer ma voiture.

means you had the option to have it repaired in a garage, or even to not repair it at all, but in the end you decided to repair it yourself.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

LPH

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answered 3 hours ago

GregGreg

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add a comment | 

The meanings are different:

Finir par means this is the last action you will take in a process of multiple actions you had to follow, or from multiple options that you had to choose from.

J'ai fini par te pardonner means "after coping with other feelings, in the end, I have forgiven you".

You could extend the explanation that way:

Au début, j'étais tellement fâché que je ne voulais plus te parler, mais j'ai fini par te pardonner.

Finir de means the action has been fully completed.
J'ai fini de te pardonner sounds a bit weird as pardonner is usually not something that you decide to start and that should take you a while to complete, so as to mean "I started forgiving you some time ago, and now I have finished this action and you are forgiven".

Another example with another verb:

J'ai fini de réparer ma voiture.

means you have completed the action of repairing your car

J'ai fini par réparer ma voiture.

means you had the option to have it repaired in a garage, or even to not repair it at all, but in the end you decided to repair it yourself.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

LPH

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answered 3 hours ago

GregGreg

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edited 2 hours ago

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answered 3 hours ago

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