Les prepositions et Noms de lieu (pays et villes) Flashcards

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Prépositions de provenance
Villes et petites îles
Pays au féminin
Pays an masculin
Pays au pluriel
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= from
De    Je viens de Paris
De    J'arrive de Israël
Du    Je viens du Portugal
Des  Je repars des États-Unis
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Prépositions de destination
Villes et petites îles
Pays au féminin
Pays an masculin
Pays au pluriel
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= at/ to / in
À      J'habite à Auckland
En    Je pars en Australie
Au    Je vais au Canada
Aux   J'arrive aux Pays-Bas
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Countries ending in ‘e’ that are masculine

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Le Bélize
Le Mexique
Le Cambodge
Le Zaïre
Le Zimbabwe
Le Mozambique
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Islands that we treat like cities

i.e use à and de

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Hawaii
Tahiti
Sri Lanka
Madagascar

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Islands that we consider countries
i.e use en/au/aux
de/du/des

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La Corse
Les Bahamas
La Sardaigne
La République dominicaine

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The rules of contractions apply.

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If the city has a definitive article then this contracts with the preposition.
E.g Le Havre= au Havre
Le Mans = du Mans

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What about American and Canadian states?

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The usual rules apply as to countries.
If end in e then feminine.
La Saskatchewan is feminine

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