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Prepositions are joining words - they link things together.

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Preposition ‘à ‘ - can be ‘at’ or ‘to’

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Le docteur arrive à l’hôpital
( the doctor arrives at the hospital)

Je vais à Paris
I am going to Paris

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Preposition ‘de’ - can be ‘of’, ‘from’ or ‘about’.

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Voici une photo de Luc (Here is a photo of Luc)

Il est de Bendigo (He is from Bendigo)

Nous parlons de lui (We talk about him)

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Prepositions ‘à’ and ‘de’ plus the definite article (le, la l’, les)

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à + le = au

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Paul parle au garçon

Paul speaks to the boy

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à + les = aux

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Paul parle aux étudiants.

Paul speaks to the students

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de + la /l’= no change or contraction

à + la/l’ = no change or contraction

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Paul parle de la femme (Paul speaks of the woman)

Paul parle à la fille (Paul speaks to the girl)

Paul parle de l’actrice (Paul speaks of the actress)

Paul parle à l’acteur (Paul speaks to the actor)

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de + le = du

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Paul parle du garçon.

Paul speaks of the boy

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de + les = des

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Paul parles des touristes

Paul speaks of the tourists

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Jouer - to play

regular ER verb

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Je joue               (I play)
Tu joues             (You play sing/inf) 
Il/elle/ on joue    He/she/one plays)
Nous jouons      (We play)
Vous jouez         (You play  pl/form)
Ils/elles jouent    (They play m/f)
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jouer à - to play a sport or game

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Je joue au tennis, mais ne joue pas au volley

Nous jouons aux cartes, mais nous ne jouons pas aux échecs

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jouer de - to play an instrument

NB: in a negative statement the definite article is lost (lose la, le, l’, les)/ when you don’t have something

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je joue de la guitare, mais je ne joue pas de piano

vous jouez du violon, mais vous ne jouez pas de flûte

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penser - to think/ to believe

regular ER verb

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je pense              (I think)
tu penses            (You think (sing/inf)
il/elle/on pense  (He/she/one thinks)
nous pensons     (We think)
vous pensez        (You think pl/form)
Ils/elles pensent  (They think m/f)
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penser à - to think of someone or something

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Je ne pense pas à l’examen
(I am not thinking about the exam)

À qui penses-tu? Je pense à ma souer.
(About who do you think? I think about my sister)

À quoi penses-tu? Je pense aux vacances.
(About what do you think? I think about the holidays)

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penser de - used to ask about an opinion of someone or something

NB: only used in a question

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Qu’est-ce que tu penses de la jeune fille?
(What is it you think of the young girl?)

Qu’est-ce que tu penses du film?
(What do you think of the film)

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To give your opinion/respond (when asked what you think) use ‘penser que’

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Je pense qu’elle est bellle

Nous pensons qu’il est stupide

Vous pensez qu’ils sont excellents

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Past times

Leisure activities

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un passe-temps

des loisirs

Example: Est-ce que tu joues au tennis?
Non, je ne joue pas au tennis, mais je joue au golf

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aller - to go

irregular verb

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je vais                (I go)
tu vas                 (you go sing/inf)
il/elle/on va        (he/she/one goes)
nous allons        (we go)
vous allez          (you go (pl/form)
ils/elles vont      (they go)
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aller is usually used with a destination

it is also used with bien or mal to describe a physical or mental state

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Je vais à Castlemaine

Tu vas bien

Nous allons mal

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le futur proche - the near future

aller can be used with other verbs to talk about something you are going to do in the future

pronoun + aller conjugated + infinitive verb

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Example:

Je vais nager

Tu vas jouer au foot

Nous n’allons pas travailler

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going somewhere where you are going to do something

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je vais à la piscine. Je vais nager.

Ils vont au cinéma. Ils vont regarder un film.

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Vocab - games/ sport/ musical instruments

tennis bridge piano
soccer cards violin
volleyball chess flute
basketball video games guitar
american football computer games

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le tennis le bridge le piano
le foot les cartes le violon
le volley les échecs la flûte
le basket les jeux vidéo la guitare
le football améican les jeux sur ordinateur

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Vocab - getting around

here on foot to arrive (at)
there by bike to come (from)
over there by bus to enter
by plane to spend time
by car to go by
to go back to
to come back from
to stay

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ici à pied arriver à
là à vélo arriver de
là-bas en bus entrer (dans)
en train passer
en avion passer par
en voiture rentrer à
rentrer de
rester

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arrive, spend time, go back to (from), stay

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J’arrive au café ( I arrive at the cafe)

Tu arrives du restaurant ( You come from the restaurant)

Nous entrons dans le magasin (We enter into the shop)

Je passe une heure au café (I spend an hour in the cafe)

Vous passez par la bibliothèque (You pass by the library)

Luc rentre à Paris (Luc goes back to Paris)

Il rentre de Beijing (He comes back form Beijing)

Nous restons à la maison (We stay at home)

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Vocab - Ma ville

an appartment office bank
district cafe library
house mall shop
town cinema school
street shop/store train station
downtown museum swimming pool
at home park beach
stadium post office
university
supermarket
theatre

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un appartement un bureau une banque
un quartier un café une bibliothèque
une maison un centre commercial une boutique
une ville un cinéma une école
une rue un magasin une gare
en ville un musée une piscine
à la maison un parc une plage
un stade une poste
un supermarché une université
un théâtre

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The preposition ‘chez’

Chez is used to indicate where you are at or where you are going

It refers to someone’s home, residence or place of work

In questions, the interrogative expression chez qui is used

It is only used with people. With places the preposition ‘à’ is used

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chez Luc (Luc’s house)

chez lui (his house)

chez des copains (at some friends house)

chez eux (their house)

chez le dentiste (at the dentists’)

Chez qui est-ce que vous allez?
(To whose place are you going?)

Je vais chez le pharmacien
(I am going to the pharmicist’s)

Je vais à la pharmacie
(I am going to the pharmacy)

Il regarde le film chez moi
(He watches the film at my place)