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modal verb want/vouloir
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(As answered in comments by @Laure) There is a difference between :

  • try something / essayer quelque chose

I tried this new restaurant. / J'ai essayé ce nouveau restaurant.

And

  • try to do something / essayer de faire quelque chose

I tried to not eat too much. / J'ai essayé de ne pas trop manger.

You added another question in comment between want/vouloir and try/essayer, the answer is different since it is more about "Why want to + [verb] = vouloir + [verbe]?".

It is about being a modal verb : vouloir is, but not want.

Some other English verbs express modality although they are not modal verbs because they are not auxiliaries, including want[...] -Wikipedia

(As answered in comments by @Laure) There is a difference between :

  • try something / essayer quelque chose

I tried this new restaurant. / J'ai essayé ce nouveau restaurant.

And

  • try to do something / essayer de faire quelque chose

I tried to not eat too much. / J'ai essayé de ne pas trop manger.

You added another question in comment between want/vouloir and try/essayer, the answer is different since it is more about "Why want to + [verb] = vouloir + [verbe]?".

(As answered in comments by @Laure) There is a difference between :

  • try something / essayer quelque chose

I tried this new restaurant. / J'ai essayé ce nouveau restaurant.

And

  • try to do something / essayer de faire quelque chose

I tried to not eat too much. / J'ai essayé de ne pas trop manger.

You added another question in comment between want/vouloir and try/essayer, the answer is different since it is more about "Why want to + [verb] = vouloir + [verbe]?".

It is about being a modal verb : vouloir is, but not want.

Some other English verbs express modality although they are not modal verbs because they are not auxiliaries, including want[...] -Wikipedia

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Yohann V.
Yohann V.
  • 3.9k
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(As answered in comments by @Laure) There is a difference between :

  • try something / essayer quelque chose

I tried this new restaurant. / J'ai essayé ce nouveau restaurant.

And

  • try to do something / essayer de faire quelque chose

I tried to not eat too much. / J'ai essayé de ne pas trop manger.

You added another question in comment between want/vouloir and try/essayer, the answer is different since it is more about "Why want to + [verb] = vouloir + [verbe]?".

(As answered in comments by @Laure) There is a difference between :

  • try something / essayer quelque chose

And

  • try to do something / essayer de faire quelque chose

You added another question in comment between want/vouloir and try/essayer, the answer is different since it is more about "Why want to + [verb] = vouloir + [verbe]?".

(As answered in comments by @Laure) There is a difference between :

  • try something / essayer quelque chose

I tried this new restaurant. / J'ai essayé ce nouveau restaurant.

And

  • try to do something / essayer de faire quelque chose

I tried to not eat too much. / J'ai essayé de ne pas trop manger.

You added another question in comment between want/vouloir and try/essayer, the answer is different since it is more about "Why want to + [verb] = vouloir + [verbe]?".

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Yohann V.
Yohann V.
  • 3.9k
  • 16
  • 29

(As answered in comments by @Laure) There is a difference between :

  • try something / essayer quelque chose

And

  • try to do something / essayer de faire quelque chose

You added another question in comment between want/vouloir and try/essayer, the answer is different since it is more about "Why want to + [verb] = vouloir + [verbe]?".