Prepositions

• À can mean ' to ' , ' in ' or ' at '
• Prepositions are short words like ' to ' and ' from ' - They let you add extra information to sentences
• When À is followed by 'le' , it becomes ' au '
• When À is followed by 'les' , it becomes ' aux '
• Je vais au magasin - translates to : I am going to the store
• Je suis à la maison - translates to : I'm at home
• J'habite aux États-Unis - translates to : I live in the United States
• You cannot use à for feminine countries , or countries beginning with a vowel
• Some verbs are followed by ' à ' , when they go before a noun
• (s')intéressér à - translates to ' : to be interested in '
• rendre visite à - translates to ' : to visit (someone) '
• penser à - translates to : ' to think about '
• ' En ' can mean in or to - it is used instead of ' à ' for feminine countries and countries starting with a vowel
• Clare habite en France - translates to : Clare lives in France
• Je vais en Iran en mai - translates to : I'm going to Iran in May
• You should use 'en' to say how long an action takes
• Elle a lu l'article en cinq minutes - translates to : She read the article in five minutes
• For something happening in a specific season, month or year , you usually use ' en '
• ' En ' is also used to describe what something is made of
• une veste en cuir - translates to : a leather jacket
• 'De' often means ' of '
• une tasse de thé -translates to : a cup of tea
• Je porte la robe de ma mère - translates to : I'm wearing my mother's dress
• 'De' can mean 'from' - it changes to du , de la or 'des' when it's next to a definite article (e.g. le , la, l' or les)
• Didier revient de la plage - Didier is coming back from the beach
• Some verbs are followed by 'de' when they go before a noun
• Il s'agit de - translates to : it's about
• avoir besoin de - translates to : ' to need '
• jouer de : translates to : 'to play (an instrument)
• changer de - translates to : ' to change '
• avoir envie de - translates to : ' to want '
• partir de - translates to : ' to leave '
• Chez Natalie - translates to : At Natalie's
• avec means with
• sans means without
• à cause de means because of
• au lieu de means instead of
• chez means at the house of
• grace à means thanks to
• Prepositions of time tell you when something has happened in relation to something else