French prepositions

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Prepositions are tricky because, while they exist in both French and English, there is no nice one-to-one correlation between them. Many French prepositions have more than one English equivalent, depending on how they are used – and vice versa. In addition, a preposition is often needed in French where none is used in English – and vice versa again. This is one of those areas of grammar that you will likely continue to struggle with for a long time. But with time and practice, you’ll get the han

Flashcards by Betselot Tadele, updated about 2 months ago

	Created by Betselot Tadele about 2 months ago

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à	to, at, in
après	after
avant	before
avec	with
chez	at the home /office of , among
contre	against , versus
dans	in
de	from , of , about
depuis	since , for
derrière	in back of , behind
devant	in front of
durant	during , while
en	in , to
entre	between
envers	towards
environ	approximately , around
jusque	until , up to
malgré	despite
par	by , through
parmi	among
pendant	during
pour	for
sans	without
sauf	except
selon	according to
sous	under
suivant	according to
sur	on
vers	towards , near

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to, at, in

après

after

avant

before

avec

with

chez

at the home /office of , among

contre

against , versus

dans

from , of , about

depuis

since , for

derrière

in back of , behind

devant

in front of

durant

during , while

in , to

entre

between

envers

towards

environ

approximately , around

jusque

until , up to

malgré

despite

par

by , through

parmi

among

pendant

during

pour

for

sans

without

sauf

except

selon

according to

sous

under

according to

sur

vers

towards , near

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