Prepositions

Key points

The most common prepositions include à (to), après (after), dans (in), de (of), derrière (behind), pour (for) and sur (on).

Prepositions are words like in, to or under that link other words and expressions together. They are often used in front of nouns or pronouns to say where something is, how it is, when it is and so on.

Here's a list of some of the most common prepositions :

Table 74: Prepositions
French	English
à	to, at
après	after
avec	with
chez	at the house of
contre	against
dans	in
de	of, from
derrière	behind
en	in, into
entre	between
par	by, through
pour	for
sous	under
sur	on, onto