{"id":24317,"date":"2016-08-22T21:21:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T19:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=24317"},"modified":"2018-02-28T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T10:08:50","slug":"french-compound-prepositions-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-compound-prepositions-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"French Compound Prepositions: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In previous posts, the French team has explored different kinds of French prepositions, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-prepositions\/\">basic overview of prepositions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/prepositions-countriescities\/\">proper preposition use\u00a0with different countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prepositions (<em>pr\u00e9positions<\/em>)\u00a0are words or groups of words that show a relationship between one thing and another in a sentence. For example, a preposition might link the location of one object to another (the cat is <strong>on<\/strong> the table;\u00a0<em>le chat est\u00a0<strong>sur<\/strong> la table<\/em>) or link the time of one event to another event (She arrived <strong>after<\/strong> him;\u00a0<em>elle est arrive\u00e9 <strong>apr\u00e8s<\/strong> lui<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Compound prepositions are prepositions that use more than one word. Many compound prepositions are used in French to describe relative physical positions. Here is a list of the most commonly used of these compound prepositions in French:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00e0 cot\u00e9 de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>next to<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00e0 l&#8217;arri\u00e8re de\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0 behind<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00e0 travers \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>through<\/p>\n<p><em>au-del\u00e0 de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>beyond<\/p>\n<p><em>au milieu de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>in the middle of<\/p>\n<p><em>au fond de \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>in the back of<\/p>\n<p><em>au coin de \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> at the corner of<\/p>\n<p><em>au dessus de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>above<\/p>\n<p><em>en bas de \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>at the bottom of; below<\/p>\n<p><em>en dehors de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>outside<\/p>\n<p><em>en dessous de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>under<\/p>\n<p><em>en face de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>across from<\/p>\n<p><em>en haut de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>at the top of<\/p>\n<p><em>loin de \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>far from<\/p>\n<p><em>pr\u00e8s de \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>near<\/p>\n<p>These compound prepositions showing relative physical positions can be used in their transitive form, in which an object follows the preposition. For example:\u00a0<em>La maison est \u00e0 cot\u00e9 de la mer.\u00a0<\/em>(The house is right next to the sea.) Please note that with these compound prepositions the\u00a0<em>de\u00a0<\/em>should change in response to the gender of the noun following it. If the noun is feminine, as in the above example (<em>la mer<\/em>) the\u00a0<em>de<\/em> does not change. If, however, the noun is masculine (like, for example, in\u00a0<em>le restaurant<\/em>) then the\u00a0<em>de\u00a0<\/em>becomes\u00a0<em>du.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can also use these prepositions in their intransitive form. For example, it&#8217;s the next house\/<em>c&#8217;est la maison \u00e0 cot\u00e9.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Next week, we will go over some more compound prepositions that situate time and\/or knowledge instead of place.<\/p>\n<p>Can you think of any more compound prepositions that express relative positions?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In previous posts, the French team has explored different kinds of French prepositions, including a basic overview of prepositions and proper preposition use\u00a0with different countries. &nbsp; Prepositions (pr\u00e9positions)\u00a0are words or groups of words that show a relationship between one thing and another in a sentence. 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