French Prepositions - Prépositions - Lawless French Grammar

Verbs without Prepositions

While many French verbs require a specific preposition in front of a noun or infinitive, others don't - even when a preposition is needed in the English equivalent.

Grammar Lessons

Vers vs Envers

The prepositions vers and envers both mean "toward," which of course leads toward confusion. Learning the difference between vers and envers will help you move toward total comprehension.

Expressions

Vis-à-vis (de)

Get face-to-face with the French expression vis-à-vis.

Grammar Lessons

Years

"What year is it?" may seem like a simple question, but it's kind of complicated in French. In addition to two different words for "year," French has two different ways to pronounce certain years.

-age Suffix

The French suffix -age is added to verbs or nouns to make new nouns, which are always masculine.

-ci Suffix

Unlike other French suffixes, -ci does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's attached to.

-ée Suffix

The French suffix -ée is added to nouns or verbs to make new nouns, which are usually feminine.

-et and -ette Suffix

The French suffixes -et (masculine) and -ette (feminine) can be added to nouns (including proper nouns), verbs, and adjectives.

-issime Suffix

The French suffix -issime is added to adjectives and acts as an intensifier or superlative, adding meanings like "very," "extremely," or "most."

-là Suffix

Unlike other French suffixes, -là does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's added to.

abbreviations		accents
adjectives		adverbs
agreement		articles
conjunctions		demonstratives
exclamations		faux amis
fillers		formalities
franglais		French in English
gender		indefinition
informalities		negation
nouns		plurals
politeness		possession
prefixes		prepositions
pronouns		proverbs
questions		quick tips
spelling		suffixes
synonyms		travel french
verbs		word order

prepositions