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The answer is AU, but why? Quebec is a not a country nor continent. Why not DANS LE? As for region/states/counties
I thought plural countries were aux so should it be 'aux Pays De Galles' instead of 'au Pays De Galles' or does Pays De Galles count as singular since it means Wales.
Hi,
The lesson says "[f]or pronunciation reasons, you will use en with masculine countries starting with a vowel". I was wondering if it is also written out in this way or if it is only pronounced this way and the au preposition is maintained for singular masculine countries in writing.
Also, does this rule apply to countries with aux as their preposition? For example, would the aux of États-Unis become en?
Thanks!
I filled the blank with a la, but it's en.
I do not understand why i cannot use a la here?
C'est un village en France
C'est un petit village de France. Can someone please tell me why "de" is needed in the 2nd sentence (instead of en)?
Why is au used with Pays de Galles and not aux?
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I am confused.. why the “except” if those countries and continents are feminine.. if the except means they are masculine, the (all of them are feminine)” makes no sense!
Hello,
If I were to say: I come from England, would it be
je viens d'Anglaterre
In which case, I would use 'de' instead of 'en'
A number of places are have a disputed status; in these cases would the form used vary with the opinion of the speaker? For instance, whilst Kwiziq states «au Québec» (as if it's a country), I can find «dans le Québec» being used.
Could someone manage to accidentally imply a particular opinion by using one form rather than another? (Presumably, this would apply more strongly to a less common form.)
(And in trying to find this out, I've discovered in/to Taiwan is «à Taïwan», following the rule for a city.)
One of the quiz questions was "Le Comte Dracula habite _____________ Roumanie.
I wrote "en la" because I assumed, per the regular rule, that Romania is feminine (therefore takes -en) and is a country, not a city, and would require the article "la". Since the sentence is not about going-to or coming/being-from, it would require the article, n'est-ce pas?
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