Determiners Flashcards
if a country is feminine, what preposition do you use for going TO it?
> ‘en’
- ‘je vais en Suisse’
If a country is feminine, what preposition do you use for when you’re IN it?
> ‘en’
- ‘j’etais en Suisse’
If a country is feminine, what preposition do you use for when you’re coming FROM it?
> ‘de’
- je viens de France
How do you know if a country is feminine and what happens to the article when used with a preposition?
- a country is most likely feminine if it ends in ‘e’
you omit the definite article when used with ‘en’ or ‘de’
, and the same rule applies for masculine countries beginning with a vowel
How do you know if a country is masculine?
> if it ends in any vowel other than ‘e’ or any consonant
if a country is masculine, what preposition do you use for going TO it?
> ‘au’
- ‘je vais au Japon’
if a country is masculine, what preposition do you use for when you are already IN it?
> ‘au’
- j’etais au Japon’
if a country is masculine, what preposition do you use for when you are coming FROM it?
> ‘du’
je viens du Japon
if a country is plural what preposition do you use for when you are coming FROM it?
> ‘des’
- je viens des Maldives
if a country is plural what preposition do you use for when you are going TO it?
> ‘aux’
je vais aux Etats-Unis
if a country is plural what preposition do you use for when you are already IN it?
> ‘aux’
- je suis aux Etats-Unis
How do you say you are going TO a city?
> a (definite article is omitted)
je vais a Paris
How do you say you are already IN a city?
> a (definite article is omitted)
je suis a Paris
How do you say you come FROM a city?
> ‘de’ (definite article is omitted)
je viens de Paris
