{"id":35971,"date":"2023-05-24T05:50:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T08:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/the-preposition-a-in-french\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T04:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T07:06:07","slug":"the-preposition-a-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/en\/the-preposition-a-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"The preposition “\u00e0” in French"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First of all, remember what a preposition is, it’s not very complicated. Prepositions are words that indicate relationships between different elements in a sentence. They help us understand where something is, how something is done, when something happens or the relationships between people or things. In English, they are, for example, “on”, “of”, “to”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The preposition “\u00e0”<\/strong> is certainly one of the most important in French, but it is also one of the prepositions where students make the most mistakes, especially because of its contractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contractions of the preposition “\u00e0” in French<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like the preposition DE, the preposition \u00c0 is contracted before the definite articles LE and LES. This phenomenon can be summarized as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rappel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u00e0 + la<\/td>\u00e0 la<\/strong> plage<\/td><\/tr>
\u00e0 + l’<\/td>\u00e0 l’<\/strong> h\u00f4pital<\/td><\/tr>
\u00e0 + le<\/s> = au<\/td>au<\/strong> cin\u00e9ma<\/td><\/tr>
\u00e0 + les<\/s> = aux<\/td>aux<\/strong> toilettes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Uses of the proposition “\u00e0” in French<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rappelle-toi, the preposition “\u00e0<\/strong>” is used for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n