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What happens when the indefinite article is followed by a preposition?

For example :

Le médecin travaille dans un hôpital.

The negative sentence according to the rule is ' Le médecin ne travaille pas dans d'hôpital ' . 

But d'hôpital sounds so absurd.

Is there any rule of negation when the the indefinite article is followed by a preposition?

Salut, pouvez-vous m'expliquer la phrase suivante:

Non, mais on devrait vérifier discrètement quand on ira la voir le weekend prochain.

Pourquoi on utilise le futur simple pour "aller"?

Hi there,

Not sure where or how to make this suggestion, but I always try to test myself by looking at the English first and trying to get the French right, but the way your website is set up, it’s almost impossible to do this. Since so many examples are repeated within the body of any given lesson, could you perhaps try changing the order so the English precedes the French at least once for each example? It would help us a lot do more active learning than merely reading the examples out loud. Thanks, phoebe w.

Can we use ensuite here?

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