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French Prepositions with Countries, Continents and US States Which preposition should you use with a country or continent? When trying to determine which preposition to use with a country or continent, the only difficulty is in knowing its gender. Nearly all countries that end in e are feminine and the rest are masculine. There are just a few exceptions: le Cambodge le Mexique le Mozambique le Zaïre le Zimbabwe All continents end in e and all are feminine. Once you know the gender, it is a simple matter to decide which preposition to use. Masculine and plural countries take à or de plus the appropriate definite article. Feminine countries and continents take en or de, no article. pays: to or in from masculi n au / à l' du / de l' féminin en de / d' pluriel aux des Exemples:

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Page 1: French Prepositions With Countries Continents US States

French Prepositions with Countries, Continents and US States Which preposition should you use with a country or continent?

When trying to determine which preposition to use with a country or continent, the only difficulty is in knowing its gender.

Nearly all countries that end in e are feminine and the rest are masculine. There are just a few exceptions:

• le Cambodge • le Mexique • le Mozambique • le Zaïre • le Zimbabwe

All continents end in e and all are feminine.Once you know the gender, it is a simple matter to decide which preposition to use. Masculine and plural countries take à or de plus the appropriate definite article. Feminine countries and continents take en or de, no article.

pays:  to or in

from

masculin

au / à l' du / de l'

féminin en de / d'

pluriel aux des

Exemples:

Masculine country

Feminine country

Plural country

Continent

Je vais au Togo.Elle va en Chine.

Il va aux Fidji.

Tu vas en Asie.

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Je suis au Togo.Elle est en Chine.

Il est aux Fidji.

Tu es en Asie.

Je suis du Togo.Elle est de Chine.

Il est des Fidji. 

Tu es d'Asie.

French Prepositions with Cities and Islands

Which preposition should you use with cities and islands? Unlike the other geographical names, the gender of an island or city does not affect which preposition must be used.

The prepositions à and de (or d') are always used with cities and singular islands, while aux and des are used with plural islands.

Exemples:

CitySingular Island 

Plural Islands

Je vais à Paris.J'habite à Paris.Je suis de Paris.

Je vais à Hawaï.Je suis d'Hawaï.

Je vais aux Îles Cook.Je suis des Îles Cook.

exercise :

Ex : Allemagne (f) a. Je vais en Allemagne.b. Je suis allé(e) en Allemagne.c. Je vais aller en Allemagne.d. J’irai en Allemagne.e. J’étais en Allemagne.

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Canada (m) a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

États-Unis a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

Here are the 50 US states as said in French. Most states are masculine; only the underlined* highlighted nine are feminine:

Alabama Alaska

Arizona Arkansas

*Californie *Caroline du Nord

*Caroline du Sud Colorado

Connecticut Dakota du Nord

Dakota du Sud Delaware

*Floride *Géorgie

Hawaï Idaho

Illinois Indiana

Iowa Kansas

Kentucky *Louisiane

Maine Maryland

Massachusetts Michigan

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Minnesota Mississippi

Missouri Montana

Nebraska Nevada

New Hampshire New Jersey

l'état de New York**

Nouveau-Mexique

Ohio Oklahoma

Oregon *Pennsylvanie

Rhode Island Tennessee

Texas Utah

Vermont *Virginie

**Virginie-Occidentale

l'état de Washington*

Wisconsin Wyoming

**These are said this way to distinguish between the cities and the states with the same name.

New Jersey ( ) a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

Florida ( ) a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

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South Carolina ( ) a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

New York STATE ( ) a.

b.

c.

d.e.

New York CITY ( ) a.b.c.d.e.

French Prepositions with States and Provinces

Which preposition should you use with an American state or Canadian province? In order to decide which preposition to use with an American state or Canadian province, you must first determine its gender, which is a matter of memorization: all but nine states and five provinces/territories are masculine.

Masculine states and provinces can be preceded by either dans le or au to mean to/in, and du to mean from unless they start with a vowel (see 2, below).  Exceptions: dans/de l'état de New York, dans/de l'état de Washington: these are said this way to distinguish between the cities and the states by the same name.  

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1. Masculine states/provinces that start with a vowel can take either en or dans l' for to/in, and d' or de l' to mean from.  

2. All feminine states/provinces take en (to, in) and de or de la (from).

 

Meaning

State/Province is:  To or In From

masculine and starts with consonant

dans le / au

du

masculine and starts with vowel

dans l' / en

de l' / d'

feminine en de

 

Examples:

Masculine Feminine Exceptions

Je vais dans le Nevada.

Je suis en Floride.

Je travaille dans l'état de New York.

Il est du Québec. Elle est de Géorgie.

Il est de l'état de Washington.

Nous sommes en Illinois.

Es-tu d'Arizona ?

Identify all 9 feminine states. Then place the appropriate French pronoun in front of each state.

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1. dans l’/en Alabama used for ALL masculine states that start with a vowel and ALL feminine states

2. Arizona3. Californie4. Caroline du Sud5. Connecticut6. Dakota du Sud7. Floride8. Hawaï9. Illinois10. Iowa11. Kentucky12. Maine13.

Massachusetts14. Minnesota15. Missouri16. Nebraska17. New

Hampshire18. l'état de New

York*19. Ohio20. Oregon21. Rhode Island22. Texas23. Vermont24. Virginie-

Occidentale

25. Wisconsin26. Alaska27. Arkansas28. Caroline du

Nord29. Colorado30. Dakota du

Nord31. Delaware32. Géorgie33. Idaho34. Indiana35. Kansas36. Louisiane37. Maryland38. Michigan39. Mississippi40. Montana41. Nevada42. New Jersey43. Nouveau-

Mexique44. Oklahoma45.

Pennsylvanie46. Tennessee47. Utah48. Virginie49. l'état de

Washington*50. Wyoming

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Traduisez en français, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la préposition:

1. Africa Afrique ( f ) en Afrique2. Algeria3. Asia4. Australia5. Belgium6. Brazil7. Canada8. China9. Egypt10. England11. Europe12. France13. Germany14. ndia15. Ireland16. Italy17. Japan18. Mexico19. Morocco20. Netherlands21. Poland22. Portugal23. Russia24. Senegal25. Spain26. Switzerland27. United States

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INTERRO

Traduisez en français, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la préposition:

1. Africa

2. Algeria

3. Asia

4. Australia

5. Belgium

6. Brazil

7. Canada

8. China

9. Egypt

10. England

11. Europe

12. France

13. Germany

14. India

15. Ireland

16. Italy

17. Japan

18. Mexico

19. Morocco

20. Netherlands

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21. Poland

22. Portugal

23. Russia

24. Senegal

25. Spain

26. Switzerland

27. United States

Identifiez les états américains féminins :

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

points supplémentaires

35. in new York State

36. in Washington State

37. in New York City

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INTERRO - RÉPONSES

Traduisez en français, notez le genre du pays, et donnez la préposition:

1. Africa Afrique f en

2. Algeria Algérie f en

3. Asia Asie f en

4. Australia Australie f en

5. Belgium Belgique f en

6. Brazil Brésil m au

7. Canada Canada m au

8. China Chine f en

9. Egypt Égypte f en

10. England Angleterre f en

11. Europe Europe f en

12. France France f en

13. Germany Allemagnef en

14. India Inde f en

15. Ireland Irlande f en

16. Italy Italie f en

17. Japan Japon m au

18. Mexico Mexique m au

19. Morocco Maroc m au

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20. Netherlands Pays-Bas m aux

21. Poland Pologne f en

22. Portugal Portugal m au

23. Russia Russie f en

24. Senegal Sénégal m au

25. Spain Espagne f en

26. Switzerland Suisse f en

27. United States États-Unis m aux

Identifiez les états américains féminins :

28. Virginie

29. Floride

30. Californie

31. Caroline du Sud

32. Caroline du Nord

33. Pennsylvanie

34. Géorgie (Virginie Occidentale, Louisiane)

points supplémentaires

35. in new York State à / dans l’état de new York

36. in Washington State à / dans l’état de Washington

37. in New York City à New York

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