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French Prepositions

This is a list of prepositions in French. This includes words related to positions (i.e. under, on top of ...), conjunctions (and, but ...) and many more.

On top of: sur
Under: sous
Inside: à l'intérieur
Outside: à l'extérieur
Behind: derrière
In front of: en face de
Near: près de
Between: entre

These are more popular prepositions you might find useful at some point or another.

After: après
Before: avant
With: avec
Without: sans
Since: depuis
Until: jusqu'à ce que
Of: de
From: à partir de
To: à
Instead of: au lieu de
In: dans
Against: contre
As: comme
About: sur
For: pour

The following are conjunctions used to connect words, sentences, or phrases.

And: et
Or: Ou
But: mais
So: Donc

Now is the time for some prepositions used in a sentence. We are using the following: (from, under, inside, with, in, but) as examples.

I'm from Japan: Je suis du Japon
The pen is under the desk: Le stylo est sous le bureau
The letter is inside the book: La carte est dans le livre
Can I practice Italian with you?: Puis-je pratiquer l'italien avec vous?
I was born in Miami: Je suis né(e) à Miami
I speak French but with an accent: Je parle français mais avec accent

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