Prepositions Flashcards

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Grâce à is positive, à cause de is negative and en raison de is neutral. All meaning …

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thanks to or because of

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à même

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straight from, next to

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à même: Ne bois pas à même la bouteille!

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Don’t drink straight from the bottle

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à même: Elle porte toujours ses pulls à même la peau

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She always wears her sweaters next to her skin

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à même: Le sans-abri dormait à même le sol

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The homeless man was sleeping on the bare ground.

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Fleur is often encountered as a noun but as a preposition “à fleur de” means:

Il a les nerfs à fleurs de peau

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He is a bundle of nerves

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à fleur de: Elle s une sensibilité à fleur de peau

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She is very touchy

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à fleur de: L’écueil est à fleur d’eau

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The reef is just above the water

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To express geographical names: With cities à is used.

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Nous sommes à Dakar: We are in Dakar

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To express geographical names: With Countries, states, provinces:
En : feminine
En: masculine beginning with vowel
au: masculine beginning with consonant
aux plural
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Elly voyagera en Allemagne puis en Italie. Ils ont vécu en Iran et en Afghanistan.
J’ai travaillé au Japon et au Brésil. Irez-vous aux États-Unis cet été?

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With French provinces and departments before a feminine noun or masculine beginning with vowel EN is used.

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la Bourgogne: en Bourgogne

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With French provinces and departments before a masculine noun beginning with a consonant, “dans le” is often used instead of au

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le Poitou: dans le poitou

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Sometimes we need to differentiate between a city or state:

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Il est né à Washington

Elle voyage dans l’État de Washington

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à is often used for islands or aux plural

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à Cuba, à Hawaii, à Madagascar, à Tahiti, aux Maldives

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à is often used for islands or aux plural EXCEPTIONS include

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en Guadeloupe, en Haïti, en Martinique

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Geographical origin is expressed by de for continents, feminine singular country names, provinces, regions, and states:

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Elle revient d’Australie
Il est originaire de Californie
Je reviens tout juste du Japon
Il vient des Antilles

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à follows “le seule”, la seule, les seule or nombreux

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Vous êtes le seule à me comprendre “you are the only one who understands me.”
Les gens sont nombreux à être inquiets. Numerous people are worried

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à follows an original number: le premier, la première, le deuxième , le dernier, la dernière, les dernières

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Nous sommes les premiers à arriver et les derniers à partir

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Adjectives preceded by trop or assez take Pour before the following infinitive:

  • C’est trop beau pour être vrai
  • Tu es assez grand pour comprendre ça
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That’s too good to be true

you are old enough to understand this

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The infinitive is used after mercy and the infinitive is proceeded by de:
Thanks for spoking outside
Thanks for being with us
Thanks for calling
Thanks for inviting me
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Merci de fumer dehors
Merci d’être avec nous
Merci d’avoir appelé
Merci de m’avoir invité(e)

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a fini par - finally or eventually
Il a fini par lui dire la vérité
Elle a fini par accepter

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He finally told her the truth

She finally accepted

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manquer - to miss, takes the meaning to lack as well
Je ne manque de rien
Tu manques de générosité Paris me manque

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I lack nothing
You lack generosity
I miss Paris

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The preposition WITH when referring to an attribute of a person or thing is translated by à + the definite article (le, la, les)
“The man with the green eyes is an actor”

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L’homme aux yeux verts est acteur

The young woman with the leather jacket is his niece. La jeune file au blouson de cuir set sa nièce

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To describe how to do something WITH is translated by de
I thanked him with a smile
He left the room with a sad look

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Je l’ai remercié d’un sourire

Il a quitté la salle d’un air triste

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To describe a way of doing something or carrying oneself With is left untranslated: "She is looking at him with wide eyes"
Elle le regarde, les yeux écarquillés
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Some adjectives using with in english take de in french He is happy with his lot She is happy with her new job
Il est satisfait de son sort | Elle est contente de son nouvel emploi
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When expressing time: DANS is used to express actions about to begin. and EN describes duration I will be back in five minutes The child can read a book within a fe hours
Je reviens dans cinq minutes | Cet enfant peut lire un livre en quelques heures
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In referring to time à is used for hours of the day and en is used for months, years, seasons except for spring: They arrive at noon Victor takes his vacation in summer
Ils sont arrivés à midi | Victor prend ses vacances en été
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transportation: à is used with aller à pied aller à bicyclette aller à cheval
to go on foot to go by bicycle to ride
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Transportation: En is used | aller en autobus, autocar, avion, bateau, métro, train, voiture
Aller en avion etc
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Different between EN and DANS in distinguishing between general and specific: À Paris, je circule en métro Hiere, j'au vu Arnaud dans le métro
In Paris, I travel by subway | Yesterday I saw Arnaud in the subway
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``` à denotes nature, function, or purpose. de denotes contents or composition un verre à eau un verre d'eau un tasse à thé un tasse de thé ```
A water glass A glass of water a tea cup a cup of tea