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    This document provides information on using prepositions with geographical names in French. It discusses the gender of countries, continents, cities, islands, US states, and Canadian provinces and which prepositions to use with each: à, de, en, aux, des. For countries and continents, the preposition depends on the gender. For cities and islands, à and de are always used. For US states and Canadian provinces, the gender must be memorized as most are masculine except for 9 states.

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    French Prepositions With Countries Continents US States

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    Teluguvilan HaHa
    This document provides information on using prepositions with geographical names in French. It discusses the gender of countries, continents, cities, islands, US states, and Canadian provinces and which prepositions to use with each: à, de, en, aux, des. For countries and continents, the preposition depends on the gender. For cities and islands, à and de are always used. For US states and Canadian provinces, the gender must be memorized as most are masculine except for 9 states.

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    French Prepositions with Countries, Continents and US States

    Which preposition should you use with a country or continent? When trying to determine which preposition to use with a country or continent, the only difficulty is in knowing its gender. Nearly all countries that end in e are feminine and the rest are masculine. There are just a few exceptions: le le le le le Cambodge Mexique Mozambique Zare Zimbabwe

    All continents end in e and all are feminine. Once you know the gender, it is a simple matter to decide which preposition to use. Masculine and plural countries take or de plus the appropriate definite article. Feminine countries and continents take en or de, no article.

    pays:

    to or in

    from

    masculi au / l' du / de l' n fminin pluriel


    Exemples:
    Masculine country Je vais au Togo. Feminine country Elle va en Chine. Plural country Il va aux Fidji. Continent Tu vas en Asie.

    en aux

    de / d' des

    Je suis au Togo. Je suis du Togo.

    Elle est en Chine. Elle est de Chine.

    Il est aux Fidji. Il est des Fidji.

    Tu es en Asie. Tu es d'Asie.

    French Prepositions with Cities and Islands


    Which preposition should you use with cities and islands? Unlike the other geographical names, the gender of an island or city does not affect which preposition must be used. The prepositions and de (or d') are always used with cities and singular islands, while aux and des are used with plural islands. Exemples: City Je vais Paris. J'habite Paris. Je suis de Paris. exercise : Ex : Allemagne (f) a. Je vais en Allemagne. b. Je suis all(e) en Allemagne. c. Je vais aller en Allemagne. d. Jirai en Allemagne. e. Jtais en Allemagne. Singular Island Je vais Hawa. Je suis d'Hawa. Plural Islands Je vais aux les Cook. Je suis des les Cook.

    Canada (m) b. c. d. e. tats-Unis b. c. d. e.

    a.

    a.

    Here are the 50 US states as said in French. Most states are masculine; only the underlined* highlighted nine are feminine: Alabama Arizona *Californie Alaska Arkansas *Caroline du Nord Dakota du Nord Delaware *Gorgie Idaho Indiana Kansas *Louisiane Maryland Michigan

    *Caroline du Sud Colorado Connecticut Dakota du Sud *Floride Hawa Illinois Iowa Kentucky Maine Massachusetts

    Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire l'tat de New York** Ohio Oregon Rhode Island Texas Vermont **VirginieOccidentale Wisconsin

    Mississippi Montana Nevada New Jersey NouveauMexique Oklahoma *Pennsylvanie Tennessee Utah *Virginie l'tat de Washington* Wyoming

    **These are said this way to distinguish between the cities and the states with the same name. New Jersey ( ) a. b. c. d. e. Florida ( ) a. b. c. d. e.

    South Carolina (

    ) b. c. d. e.

    a.

    New York STATE (

    ) b. c. d. e.

    a.

    New York CITY (

    a.

    b. c. d. e. French Prepositions with States and Provinces Which preposition should you use with an American state or Canadian province? In order to decide which preposition to use with an American state or Canadian province, you must first determine its gender, which is a matter of memorization: all but nine states and five provinces/territories are masculine. Masculine states and provinces can be preceded by either dans le or au to mean to/in, and du to mean from unless they start with a vowel (see 2, below). Exceptions: dans/de l'tat de New York, dans/de l'tat de Washington: these are said this way to distinguish between the cities and the states by the same name.

    1. Masculine states/provinces that start with a vowel can take either en or dans l' for to/in, and d' or de l' to mean from. 2. All feminine states/provinces take en (to, in) and de or de la (from).

    Meaning State/Province is: masculine and starts with consonant masculine and starts with vowel feminine To or In dans le / au dans l' / en en From du de l' / d' de

    Examples:

    Masculine Je vais dans le Nevada. Il est du Qubec.

    Feminine Je suis en Floride. Elle est de Gorgie.

    Exceptions Je travaille dans l'tat de New York. Il est de l'tat de Washington.

    Nous sommes en Illinois. Es-tu d'Arizona ?

    Identify all 9 feminine states. Then place the appropriate French pronoun in front of each state.

    1.

    dans l/en Alabama used for ALL masculine states that start with a vowel and ALL feminine states 2. Arizona 3. Californie 4. Caroline du Sud 5. Connecticut 6. Dakota du Sud 7. Floride 8. Hawa 9. Illinois 10. Iowa 11. Kentucky 12. Maine 13. Massachusetts 14. Minnesota 15. Missouri 16. Nebraska 17. New Hampshire 18. l'tat de New York* 19. Ohio 20. Oregon 21. Rhode Island 22. Texas 23. Vermont 24. VirginieOccidentale

    25. Wisconsin 26. Alaska 27. Arkansas 28. Caroline du Nord 29. Colorado 30. Dakota du Nord 31. Delaware 32. Gorgie 33. Idaho 34. Indiana 35. Kansas 36. Louisiane 37. Maryland 38. Michigan 39. Mississippi 40. Montana 41. Nevada 42. New Jersey 43. NouveauMexique 44. Oklahoma 45. Pennsylvanie 46. Tennessee 47. Utah 48. Virginie 49. l'tat de Washington* 50. Wyoming

    Traduisez en franais, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la prposition: 1. Africa Afrique 2. Algeria 3. Asia 4. Australia 5. Belgium 6. Brazil 7. Canada 8. China 9. Egypt 10. England 11. Europe 12. France 13. Germany 14. ndia 15. Ireland 16. Italy 17. Japan 18. Mexico 19. Morocco 20. Netherlands 21. Poland 22. Portugal 23. Russia 24. Senegal 25. Spain 26. Switzerland 27. United States ( f ) en Afrique

    INTERRO Traduisez en franais, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la prposition: 1. Africa 2. Algeria 3. Asia 4. Australia 5. Belgium 6. Brazil 7. Canada 8. China 9. Egypt 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. England Europe France Germany India Ireland Italy Japan Mexico Morocco Netherlands

    21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

    Poland Portugal Russia Senegal Spain Switzerland United States

    Identifiez les tats amricains fminins : 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. points supplmentaires 35. in new York State 36. in Washington State 37. in New York City

    INTERRO - RPONSES Traduisez en franais, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la prposition: 1. Africa 2. Algeria 3. Asia Afrique Algrie Asie f f f en en en m au f f f en f en f f f Japon Mexique m au en m au en en en en en en au en en

    4. Australia Australie f 5. Belgium 6. Brazil 7. Canada 8. China 9. Egypt 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. England Europe France Belgique f

    Brsil Canada m

    Chine gypte Angleterre Europe France f

    Germany Allemagnef India Ireland Italy Japan Mexico Inde Irlande Italie

    19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

    Morocco Maroc Netherlands Poland

    au aux

    Pays-Bas m f m en au f m au f

    Pologne

    Portugal Portugal Russia Senegal Spain Switzerland Russie Sngal

    en

    Espagne Suisse

    en f aux en

    United States tats-Unis m

    Identifiez les tats amricains fminins : 28. Virginie 29. Floride 30. Californie 31. Caroline du Sud 32. Caroline du Nord 33. Pennsylvanie 34. Gorgie (Virginie Occidentale, Louisiane) points supplmentaires 35. in new York State 36. in Washington State 37. in New York City / dans / dans ltat de new York ltat de Washington

    New York

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