French Prepositions

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French Prepositions

Learning the French Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the French language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in French.

French prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions	French Prepositions
Prepositions	Prépositions
inside the house	intérieur de la maison
outside the car	extérieur de la voiture
with me	avec moi
without him	sans lui
under the table	sous la table
after tomorrow	après-demain
before sunset	avant le coucher du soleil
but I'm busy	Mais je suis occupé

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in French has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in French.

List of Prepositions in French

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in French placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your French vocabulary.

English Prepositions	French Prepositions
about	sur
above	au-dessus
across	à travers
after	après
against	contre
among	entre
around	autour de
as	comme
at	à
before	avant
behind	derrière
below	en dessous
beneath	sous
beside	à côté de
between	entre
beyond	au-delà
but	mais
by	par
despite	malgré
down	vers le bas
during	au cours de
except	sauf
for	pour
from	à partir de
in	dans
inside	à l'intérieur
into	dans
near	près de
next	prochain
of	de
on	sur
opposite	opposé
out	à
outside	à l'extérieur
over	sur
per	par
plus	plus
round	tour
since	depuis
than	que
through	par
till	jusqu'à
to	à
toward	vers
under	sous
unlike	contrairement à
until	jusqu'à ce que
up	jusqu'à
via	via
with	avec
within	dans
without	sans

two words	deux mots
according to	selon
because of	en raison de
close to	près de
due to	à cause de
except for	à l'exception de
far from	loin d'être
inside of	l'intérieur de
instead of	au lieu de
near to	près de
next to	à côté de
outside of	en dehors des
prior to	avant

three words	trois mots
as far as	autant que
as well as	aussi bien que
in addition to	en plus de
in front of	en face de
in spite of	en dépit de
on behalf of	au nom de
on top of	au sommet de

demonstratives	prépositions démonstratifs
this	cette
that	qui
these	ces
those	ceux

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French Prepositions

French Prepositions

French Prepositions

List of Prepositions in French

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