Prepositions of Place

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Prépositions de lieu

Prepositions of place indicate the location of someone or something in relation to another someone or something.

Par exemple…

J’habite à Paris.		I live in Paris.
Ton sac est derrière la chaise.		Your bag is behind the chair.
Qu’est-ce qui est sous la table ?		What’s under the table?

French prepositions of place

Note that some of these have other meanings/uses besides indicating a location – click the links for detailed lessons.

		Notes
à	at, in	contraction with le and les may be required
chez	at the home/office of
dans	in
derrière	in back of, behind
devant	in front of
en	in
entre	between
sous	under
sur	on
vers	toward, near

 Also see prepositions with geographical names

Prepositional phrases of place

à côté de		next to, beside
à droite de		to the right of
à gauche de		to the left of
à l’extérieur de		outside (of)
à l’intérieur de		inside (of)
au coin de		in the corner of
au-dessous de		below, underneath
au-dessus de		higher than, above
autour de		around
en arrière de		behind
en bas de		below, at the bottom of
en dehors de		outside of
en dessous de		lower than, below
en face de		facing, across from
en haut de		above, at the top of
hors de		outside of
loin de		far from
près de		near (to)

 Prepositions of Place Quizzes

Think you’ve got it? Test yourself on French prepositions of place with these fill-in-the-blanks exercises:

• Cache-cache dans la maison
• Où est Charlie ?
• Sous la pluie

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to take these tests. If you don’t have one, sign up – it’s free!

 Related lessons

• Introduction to prepositions
• Geographical prepositions
• PwLF super list of preposition lessons
• Parts of speech
   

 French preposition lesson plans

• The House (Lesson, 6th-9th grade)
• Où suis-je ? (Worksheet, 6th-9th grade)
• Prepositions (Lesson, 7th-9th grade)
   

 En español

• Preposiciones de lugar
   

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