VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT: QUITTERS NEVER WIN. (I left France at the age of sixteen.From the Desk of John H. J’ai quitté la France à l’âge de seize ans. Remember: visiter and quitter are generally not followed by prepositions:Įlle n’a jamais visité la Chine. (This fellow comes to us from the United States - from Illinois, to be precise.)
QUITTER MEANING FRENCH PLUS
(She spent ten years in Texas.)Ĭe monsieur nous vient des États-Unis - de l’Illinois plus précisément. (He left for Japan.)Įlle a passé dix ans au (dans le) Texas.
(For masculine states, dans le is also used to indicate movement toward or within.) Before masculine country or state names, au (or à l’, or aux) is used to indicate movement toward or within, du (or de le, or des) movement from (see Gender of countries). (My father just returned from Algeria.)ģ. (She’s going to spend a year in Colombia.) (They are traveling in Spain.)Įlle va passer une année en Colombie. In both cases the definite article is omitted: Before feminine country or state names, en indicates movement toward or within, de movement from (see Gender of countries). (I moved to New York when I was thirteen.)ĭakar: Ousmane vient de Dakar. New York: J’ai déménagé à New York à l’âge de treize ans. Paris: Nous allons à Paris l’été prochain. The definite article is not used, unless it is a part of the name of the city: Before names of cities, à or de is used to indicate movement toward or away. The use of prepositions with geographical entities is quite precise, and usually adheres to the following patterns:ġ. (Among all the students, this one is the sharpest.) Prepositions of place Parmi les étudiants, celle-ci est la plus intelligente. (She finished her degree to please her parents.) Many prepositions ( pour, à, avec, ensemble, parmi, grâce à, etc.) indicate relations between things or people, often indicating intent or causality:Įlle a fini son diplôme pour faire plaisir à ses parents. (The drugstore is next to the supermarket.) (Her house is located behind the church.)
In French, prepositions of position and motion are used in much the same way they are used in English: Prepositions precede the nouns upon which they act. The common prepositions of position and motion are as follows: In addition, they describe relations between things, as well as movement to and from places. Prepositions are first and foremost words used to indicate position and placement: they describe when one thing is beneath another, or on top of it, or next to it, etc. (to tell someone to do something) Prepositions - With position, relation, and places (to suggest to someone to do something)ĭire à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. Suggérer à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. (to order someone to do something)Ĭommander à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. Ordonner à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. Permettre à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. Some verbs take a double preposition, à and de:ĭemander à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. Regarde cette affiche! (Look at that poster!)ģ. Some verbs which take prepositions in English do not take them in French:Įlle attend le bus. Jouer de (un instrument de musique) (to play)Ģ. Certain verbs are followed by set prepositions when introducing noun phrases: verbs followed by de: avoir peur de, commencer de, continuer de, décider de, se dépêcher de, essayer de, finir de, oublier de, refuser de, regretter de, and the verbal phrases être content / triste / satisfait / heureux de.ġ.verbs followed by à: aider à, s’amuser à, apprendre à, arriver à, parvenir à, continuer à, commencer à, s’habituer à, hésiter à, inviter à, se mettre à, réussir à.verbs followed by no preposition: aimer, aimer mieux, aller, croire, désirer, devoir, faire, espérer, laisser.These prepositions follow no particular logic and bear no meaning their use must simply be memorized. Hésitez-vous à vous inscrire? (Are you hesitating to sign up?) When one verb is followed immediately by another in the infinitive, the preposition à or de may intervene, or there may be no preposition at all:Įlle a décidé de partir.
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