French 2010 Chapitre 2 Grammar Flashcards
When do you use the preposition, “chez?”
- When making comments on a group of people. Ex: chez les français (French people)
- When talking about someone’s house? Ex: Chez elle (her home)
- When talking about an office or place of business. Ex: chez le coiffure (the hairdresser’s)
When is the à preposition used?
to express ‘in’ or ‘to’ a city
When is the de/d’ preposition used?
To express ‘from’ a cities
to express being ‘in’ or going ‘to’ a country, state, or province use which preposition?
‘en’ is used with feminine countries, ‘au’ is used for masculine countries, and ‘aux’ is used for countries with plural names.
to express ‘from’ a country, continent, state, or province use which preposition?
‘du’ is used for masculine nouns, ‘de/d’ is used for feminine nouns and nouns beginning with a vowel, ‘des’ is used for plural nouns.
How can you say “in the ______state” in French?
Dans l’État du… (masculine)
Dans l’État de… (feminine)
Dans l’État d’ (states that begin with a vowel)
Dans le… (masculine)
Dans la… (feminine)
Dans l’…(states that begin with a vowel)
The preposition ‘en’ can also be used with….?
many forms of transportation. Ex: en bus, en métro, en voiture, etc
What two forms of transportation use the preposition à?
à pied and à vélo
When do you use the preposition ‘y’?
It is used to replace an already mentioned phrase that uses à, chez, dans, en, or sur. It usually replaces a location but not always.
Where does the preposition ‘y’ go in a sentence in the present tense?
before the conjugated verb or infinitive verb if there is one.