Argh…Those Little Words That You Find Soooo Annoying !

So, What is a preposition?

Prepositions are those little words that are essential to sentences because they provide more details. They link 2 related parts of a sentence. They are also placed in front of nouns to indicate a relationship between that noun and other words in a sentence.

So here is a list (but non exhaustive) of the most common ones. Listen to the audio as much as you want and practise them as much as you can !

Preposition	Meaning	Comment
À	To, at, of, in	à la, à l', au, aux
Après	After
Avant	Before
Avec	With
Chez	At someone's place, at the home of
Dans	In , into
De	Of, from	De la, de l', du, des
Depuis	Since, for
Derrière	Behind
Devant	In front of
En	In
Entre	Between
Environ	Approximately, about
Par	By, through
Pendant	During
Pour	For
Sans	Without
Sous	Under
Sur	On
Vers	Towards, about

Notes:

Du = masculine words, De la = Feminine words, De l’ = Feminine or masculine words starting with h or vowel, Des = Fem/masc Plural words
Au = masculine words , à la= Feminine words , à l’ = Feminine or masculine words starting with h or vowel , aux = Fem/masc Plural words

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