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Basic Prepositions, Some adjectives

French English equivalent Tips
preposition
à at, in, to • Remember: à+le becomes au; à+les becomes aux
There are varied uses of à.
• à can be used with de to mean from(de)...to(à).
• Other uses of à are: to describe how someone looks or
what he/she is wearing, what a certain thing is made of,
how something is done, mode of traveling, what a thing is
used for, to tell a certain time, for distances or rates, and
in common sayings and phrases.
Examples:
à la campagne (in the country)
À Paris (in paris)
au lit (in bed)
de Londres à Paris (From London to France)
au premier étage (on the first floor)
à Noël (at Christmas)
à bientôt (see you soon!)
après after Examples:
après vous! (after you!)
après le déjeuner. (after lunch)
avant before Examples:
avant toi (before you)
avant la maison (before the house)
avec with Examples:
avec moi (with me)
avec mon père (with my father)
dans in(side), into Examples:
dans deux mois (in two months)
ll est dans sa chambre. (he's in his room)
de of, from,some,to + • de+le becomes du, de+les becomes des
Verb • de becomes d' when its word starts with a vowel, h, or
the word y.
• Used with à to mean from... to..
Examples:
de Paris (from Paris)
un ami de la famille (friend of the family)
en in • Usually being used with feminine countries and some
figurative expressions.
• Can also talk about years and months and seasons.

Examples:
Nous habitons en France. (we live in France)
en 1983 (in 1983)
en janvier (in January)
en hiver (in winter)
en train (in train)
entre between, among Example:
Le bureau est fermé entre 13 et 14 heures.
(The office is closed between 1 and 2 pm)
pour For, in order to Examples:
pour homme (for him)
pour Paris (for Paris)

sous under Example: sous terre (underground)

sur on Examples:
sur la table (on the table)
sur la politique (on politics)