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Apprenez les prépositions et les syntagmes prépositionnels en français : usages courants, règles d'accord, position dans la phrase, prépositions de lieu, de temps et de mouvement avec exemples et exercices pratiques.

Learn French prepositions and prepositional phrases: common usages, placement in sentences, prepositions of place, time, and movement, with clear explanations, examples, and practice exercises to build confidence.

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Prepositional phrases in French tie ideas together by showing relationships like location, time, cause, and manner. This guide goes through common prepositions and useful expressions to help you sound natural.

Key Prepositions

Prepositions are small words that link a noun or pronoun to another part of the sentence, often indicating direction, place, time, or cause. Here are some of the most frequent ones.

	French Word(s)	English Word(s)
	à	to / at
	de	of / from
	en	in / on / by
	pour	for
	avec	with
	sur	on
	dans	in
	chez	at the home / place of
	depuis	since / for
	vers	towards

Fill in the BlankLe chat est(under) la table.

The cat is under the table.

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Expressions

Les expressions figées avec des prépositions ont souvent des significations idiomatiques, il est donc utile de les apprendre par morceaux. Elles apparaissent fréquemment dans le discours et l'écriture quotidiens.

Set phrases with prepositions often have idiomatic meanings, so it's helpful to learn them as chunks. They frequently appear in everyday speech and writing.

	French Expression	English Expression
	à cause de	because of
	grâce à	thanks to
	près de	near
	loin de	far from
	en face de	opposite / facing
	au sujet de	about / regarding
	autour de	around
	à côté de	next to
	de la part de	on behalf of

Fill in the BlankOn arrive en avance(because of) le trafic léger.

We arrive early because of the light traffic.

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Usage

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and is followed by a noun, pronoun, or sometimes a clause. The phrase functions as an adjective, adverb, or sometimes a noun within the sentence. Prepositions must be followed by the appropriate type of complement.

Fill in the BlankElle parle(about) le projet demain.

She will speak about the project tomorrow.

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Summary

Prepositional phrases consistently show relationships like place, time, cause, and manner. Learn key prepositions and common expressions to make your speech more precise and natural. Practice identifying and using them in context.

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