Prepositions & Conjunctions
A1: Beginner
- Dans, sur with streets and transportation (prepositions)
- Using 'à' (to/in) and 'de' (from/of) with cities (prepositions)
- Pour + infinitive = In order to
- Venir de, d', du, des + country / state / region = To come/be from
- Using dans, sur, sous, devant, derrière, entre to say in, on top of, under, in front of, behind (prepositions)
- Using en with feminine countries and au(x) with masculine countries to say in or to (prepositions)
- Using à, en, par with means of transport (prepositions)
- En, dans = In, to with regions, states, counties (prepositions)
- À + [heure] = At + [time]
- Compound nouns formed with prepositions à, de, en
- Compound nouns formed with noun + à + verb-infinitive
- En vs dans with locations (prepositions)
- Chez = at someone's place (prepositions)
- À côté de, en face de, à l'extérieur de, à l'intérieur de, près de, loin de, au coin de (prepositions)
A2: Lower Intermediate
- After / before versus in front of / behind (prepositions of time and place)
- Expressing for + [duration] with either pendant, durant, depuis or pour (prepositions of time)
- En vs dans (prepositions of time)
- Monter dans, descendre de = To get on, off transportation (prepositions)
- Using 'depuis' (since / for) with Le Présent and NOT Le Passé Composé (prepositions of time)
B2: Upper Intermediate
- Pour que (so that, in order that) is always followed by Le Subjonctif Présent (subjunctive mood)
- Dont = Whose
- Dont = Including, of which
- Malgré, en dépit de = Despite, in spite of
- Although = bien que + Le Subjonctif or même si + L'Indicatif
- Soit ... soit ... = Either ... or...
- Avant de + infinitive = Before + -ing
- Depuis que + verb = (ever) since + verb
- Merci de / pour = Thank you for