"For pronunciation reasons, you will use en with masculine countries starting with a vowel" yet États-Unis is using aux. Is that only because it is plural?
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États-Unis
This question relates to:French lesson "En/au/aux = In/to with countries and continents (French Prepositions)"
Asked 5 years ago
I guess the point is that there is no issue with pronunciation when using aux, because the 'x' will be pronounced as 'z'.
CécileNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq
Hi Melisa,
The United States of America is 'Les États-Unis d'Amérique' in French so you would say -
Je vais aux État-Unis le mois prochain = I am going to the United States next month.
Because -
à + les = aux
Hope this helps!
Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Oh, I didn't think about the liaison. I'm never sure when there is one and when there isn't since it seems like there frequently isn't and I haven't found a rule for it. Thank you Alan and Cécile.
Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Oh, I didn't think about the liaison. I'm never sure when there is one and when there isn't since it seems like there frequently isn't and I haven't found a rule for it. Thank you Alan and Cécile.
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