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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 Cambodge • le Mexique • le Mozambique • le Zaïre • le 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 à or de plus the appropriate definite article. Feminine countries and continents take en or de, no article.
pays: to or in
from
masculin
au / à l' du / de l'
féminin en de / d'
pluriel aux des
Exemples:
Masculine country
Feminine country
Plural country
Continent
Je vais au Togo.Elle va en Chine.
Il va aux Fidji.
Tu vas en Asie.
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Je suis au Togo.Elle est en Chine.
Il est aux Fidji.
Tu es en Asie.
Je suis du Togo.Elle est de Chine.
Il est des Fidji.
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 à and de (or d') are always used with cities and singular islands, while aux and des are used with plural islands.
Exemples:
CitySingular Island
Plural Islands
Je vais à Paris.J'habite à Paris.Je suis de Paris.
Je vais à Hawaï.Je suis d'Hawaï.
Je vais aux Îles Cook.Je suis des Îles Cook.
exercise :
Ex : Allemagne (f) a. Je vais en Allemagne.b. Je suis allé(e) en Allemagne.c. Je vais aller en Allemagne.d. J’irai en Allemagne.e. J’étais en Allemagne.
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Canada (m) a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
États-Unis a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Here are the 50 US states as said in French. Most states are masculine; only the underlined* highlighted nine are feminine:
Alabama Alaska
Arizona Arkansas
*Californie *Caroline du Nord
*Caroline du Sud Colorado
Connecticut Dakota du Nord
Dakota du Sud Delaware
*Floride *Géorgie
Hawaï Idaho
Illinois Indiana
Iowa Kansas
Kentucky *Louisiane
Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan
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Minnesota Mississippi
Missouri Montana
Nebraska Nevada
New Hampshire New Jersey
l'état de New York**
Nouveau-Mexique
Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon *Pennsylvanie
Rhode Island Tennessee
Texas Utah
Vermont *Virginie
**Virginie-Occidentale
l'état de Washington*
Wisconsin 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.
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South Carolina ( ) a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
New York STATE ( ) a.
b.
c.
d.e.
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'état de New York, dans/de l'état de Washington: these are said this way to distinguish between the cities and the states by the same name.
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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: To or In From
masculine and starts with consonant
dans le / au
du
masculine and starts with vowel
dans l' / en
de l' / d'
feminine en de
Examples:
Masculine Feminine Exceptions
Je vais dans le Nevada.
Je suis en Floride.
Je travaille dans l'état de New York.
Il est du Québec. Elle est de Géorgie.
Il est de l'état 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.
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1. dans l’/en Alabama used for ALL masculine states that start with a vowel and ALL feminine states
2. Arizona3. Californie4. Caroline du Sud5. Connecticut6. Dakota du Sud7. Floride8. Hawaï9. Illinois10. Iowa11. Kentucky12. Maine13.
Massachusetts14. Minnesota15. Missouri16. Nebraska17. New
Hampshire18. l'état de New
York*19. Ohio20. Oregon21. Rhode Island22. Texas23. Vermont24. Virginie-
Occidentale
25. Wisconsin26. Alaska27. Arkansas28. Caroline du
Nord29. Colorado30. Dakota du
Nord31. Delaware32. Géorgie33. Idaho34. Indiana35. Kansas36. Louisiane37. Maryland38. Michigan39. Mississippi40. Montana41. Nevada42. New Jersey43. Nouveau-
Mexique44. Oklahoma45.
Pennsylvanie46. Tennessee47. Utah48. Virginie49. l'état de
Washington*50. Wyoming
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Traduisez en français, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la préposition:
1. Africa Afrique ( f ) en Afrique2. Algeria3. Asia4. Australia5. Belgium6. Brazil7. Canada8. China9. Egypt10. England11. Europe12. France13. Germany14. ndia15. Ireland16. Italy17. Japan18. Mexico19. Morocco20. Netherlands21. Poland22. Portugal23. Russia24. Senegal25. Spain26. Switzerland27. United States
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INTERRO
Traduisez en français, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la préposition:
1. Africa
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. India
15. Ireland
16. Italy
17. Japan
18. Mexico
19. Morocco
20. Netherlands
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21. Poland
22. Portugal
23. Russia
24. Senegal
25. Spain
26. Switzerland
27. United States
Identifiez les états américains féminins :
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
points supplémentaires
35. in new York State
36. in Washington State
37. in New York City
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INTERRO - RÉPONSES
Traduisez en français, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la préposition:
1. Africa Afrique f en
2. Algeria Algérie f en
3. Asia Asie f en
4. Australia Australie f en
5. Belgium Belgique f en
6. Brazil Brésil m au
7. Canada Canada m au
8. China Chine f en
9. Egypt Égypte f en
10. England Angleterre f en
11. Europe Europe f en
12. France France f en
13. Germany Allemagnef en
14. India Inde f en
15. Ireland Irlande f en
16. Italy Italie f en
17. Japan Japon m au
18. Mexico Mexique m au
19. Morocco Maroc m au
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20. Netherlands Pays-Bas m aux
21. Poland Pologne f en
22. Portugal Portugal m au
23. Russia Russie f en
24. Senegal Sénégal m au
25. Spain Espagne f en
26. Switzerland Suisse f en
27. United States États-Unis m aux
Identifiez les états américains féminins :
28. Virginie
29. Floride
30. Californie
31. Caroline du Sud
32. Caroline du Nord
33. Pennsylvanie
34. Géorgie (Virginie Occidentale, Louisiane)
points supplémentaires
35. in new York State à / dans l’état de new York
36. in Washington State à / dans l’état de Washington
37. in New York City à New York
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