Prepositions Flashcards
Autour de
Around
Après
After
Avant (de)
Before
Avec
With
Chez (+person)
To (at, the house/place of a person)
Contre
Against
Dans
In, into
Derrière
Behind
Devant
In front of
En
In, within
Entre
Between, among
Loin de
Far from
par
By, through
Près de
Near
Sans
Without
Sous
Under
Sur
On, upon
Vers
Towards
à (contracts w/le, les to become au, aux)
At, in, to
Indicates location, moment in time
De (contracts w/le, les to become du, des)
About, from, of
Indicates possession, relationship, or a specific characteristic of a noun
Au lieu de
Instead of
Pour
In order to, for the purpose of
Expressing to/in, with feminine place names of:
Countries
Provinces
Islands
Masculine countries beginning with vowel/silent h
En
Expressing to/in, masculine countries:
Au
Expressing to/in, plural countries:
Aux
Expressing to/in cities
à
Expressing from w/feminine: Countries Continents Provinces Islands Masculine countries beginning with vowel/silent h Cities
De