🇫🇷 🙌🏼 French is spooky, tricky, and absurd but so good! Here is a French tip for you about the French prepositions “à” versus “en”
✅ The French Academy favors “à vélo” (🚫not “en vélo)
➡️ Tip: if you are inside a vehicle: the French Academy wants you to use the preposition “EN”,
en avion ✈️,
en bateau 🚢,
en voiture 🚘,
en train 🚞,
en bus 🚌
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➡️ A LITTLE GUIDE FOR YOU: À = TO, AT, or IN
À = TO
AU = À + LE (masculine) Je vais au café I am going to the coffee shop
Je vais au cinéma I am going to the movie theater
Je vais au marché I am going to the market
Je vais au Portugal I am going to Portugal
À + LA (feminine) Je vais à la plage I am going to the beach
Je vais à la pharmacies I am going to the pharmacy
Je vais à la boulangerie I am going to the baker shop
À + L’ (same feminine & masculine) Je vais à l'hôpital I am going to the hospital
Je vais à l'Orangerie du Louvre I am going to the Louvre’s Orangerie
AUX (plural) = À + LES Je vais aux Etats-Unis I am going to the States
(same for feminine & masculine)
À = AT
LOCATION Je rentre à l'hôtel. I go back/return at the hotel
Je vais au supermarché I am going to the supermarket
➡️ DIFFERENT USES & MEANINGS OF À
DESTINATION Je vais à Paris I am going to Paris
PURPOSE OR USE Un verre à vin A glass of wine
Un sace à main A handbag
LOCATION Elle est au café She is at the coffee shop
J’abite à Los Angeles I live in L.A
DISTANCE Notre hotel est à dix minutes de la Tour Eiffel
Our hotel is 10 mn from the Eiffel Tower
POINT IN TIME Il va arriver a midi He’ll arrive at noon
J’ai publié mon livre à 40 ans. I have published my book at 40
UNTIL À demain! Until tomorrow
À bientôt! Until next time
À toute! Until very soon
RANGE Ouvert du lundi au vendredi Open from Monday to Friday
POSSESSION C’est à moi. It’s mine. It’s my turn
C’est à nous. It’s ours. It’s our turn
Ce livre est à Valérie This is Valerie’s book
CHARACTERISTIC Des chaussures à talon High-heeled shoes
MEASUREMENT Acheter au kilo To buy by the kilo
IN THE PAST INFINITIVE À vendre To sell
À donner To give
J’en ai rien à faire I don’t care!
AFTER CERTAIN VERBS Assister à: J’assiste à la réunion I attend the meeting
Jouer à: Je joue à la guitare I play guitar (feminine)
Jouer à: Je joue au piano I play piano (masculine)
Je pense à ma visite en France I think of my visit in France
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