Other prepositions

Mohd S.A1Kwiziq community member

Other prepositions

What are the other prepositions and what is the difference between au and Dans?

Asked 3 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

There are a lot of other prepositions, but I'd stick with those for the time being until you've got them internalized. I don't know if there is an exhaustive list of prepositions, but you can always use google. Although curiosity and initiative are great assets in learning a language, I still would stick with the core list for now.

Au isn't a preposition, it is a contraction of the preposition à + le. So you're asking what the difference between à and dans is? That's not easy to answer, actually. Most of the time à means "at/to" and dans means "in/into". But don't get too attached to those translations, because there are cases where they don't fit at all. For example in:

Je demande à Marie. -- I'm asking Marie (and not "to Marie").

But stick with the lessons and you'll get the hang of it.

Mohd S.A1Kwiziq community member

D'accord, Merci!

Mark P.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

If you really want to see some more prepositions and how they work, there is a shared notebook which should keep you occupied for a fair while.. the Kwizq search function is very useful for pulling up information like this.

https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/notebook/6345137?rts=%252Fsearch%253Fs%253Dprepositions

But I agree with Chris that you are better meeting them in small doses by following the lessons and Kwizs

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