Prepositions
The more common prepositions in French are :
1 | à – at , in , to | |
2 | aprés – after | |
3 | à travers – across | |
4 | avant – before | |
5 | avec – with | |
6 | chez – at , to the house of, with | |
7 | contre – against | |
8 | dans – in , into | |
9 | de – from, of ,with | |
10 | d’aprés – according to | |
11 | depuis – from, since | |
12 | derrière – behind | |
13 | devant – before, in front of | |
14 | en – by , in , to , while | |
15 | entre – among , between | |
16 | envers – towards | |
17 | jusqu’à – till , until | |
18 | malgré – in spite of | |
19 | par – by , per , through | |
20 | parmi – among | |
21 | pendant – during | |
22 | pour – for | |
23 | sans – without | |
24 | sauf – except | |
25 | selon – according to | |
26 | sous – under | |
27 | sur – on , upon | |
28 | vers – towards | |
Note also the following preposition with ‘de’ : | ||
1 | à cause de – on account of | |
2 | à côté de – by the side of | |
3 | au-delà de – beyond | |
4 | au-dessous de – under | |
5 | au-dessus de – above | |
6 | au fond de – at the back/bottom of | |
7 | au lieu de – instead of | |
8 | au milieu de – in the midst of | |
9 | autour de – around | |
10 | en face de – in front of | |
11 | loin de – far from | |
12 | prés de – near |