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SAI International School
                                                      Class-VIII

                                                         nd
                                            Subject- 2  Lang French
                                           Topic- La France Miniature
                                                  LESSON NOTE

               Grammaire :


                                             LES PREPOSITIONS DE LIEU


                                              (the prepositions of place)

                   1.  Used to express ‘going to’ or ‘being in a place’.
                       à – city                                                                          Il va/travaille à Mumbai.
                       au – masculine singular country                           Il va /travaille au
                       Danemark.
                       aux – masculine/feminine plural country              Il va/vit aux Antilles.

                       en – feminine country/continent/provinces/masculine singular country.
                       beginning with a vowel                                       Il va/habite en Inde.
                                                                                                        Il va/habite en Iran.

                   2.  Used to express ‘coming from or belonging to’ a place.
                       de/d’ – city                                        Il vient/est de Mumbai.

                       du – masculine country                  Il vient/est du Danemark.

                       de – feminine country/continents/provinces  Il vient/est de France.
                       d’ – masculine /feminine country beginning with vowel
                                                                                  Il vient/est d’Inde.

                                                                                   Il vient/est d’Iran.
                       des – masculine /feminine plural country     Il vient/est des Etats-Unis.


                   {note : (a)Plural countries are Etats-Unis(U.S.A), Antilles(west indies), Pays

                   Bas(netherlands)

                               (b) countries ending with ‘e’ are feminine except

                                    Mexique, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Cambodge
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