Prepositions are used to relate elements in a sentence: noun to noun, verb to verb, or verb to noun/pronoun. Prepositions may contract with articles.
Prepositions may be used as modifiers and may be used before and after nouns and verbs. Certain verbs are always followed by a preposition. In addition, prepositions are used before the names of geographical locations to refer to travel and location.
Prepositions are used to relate two elements of a sentence:
Some prepositions consist of only one word, as follows:
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à (to)
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après (after)
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avant (before)
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avec (with)
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chez (at the house of)
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contre (against)
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dans, en (in)
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de (about, from, of)
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depuis (since)
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derrière (behind)
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devant (in front of)
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entre (between)
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malgré (despite)
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par (by, through)
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parmi (among)
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pendant (during)
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pour (for)
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sans (without)
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sauf (except)
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selon (according to)
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sous (under)
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sur (on)
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vers (toward)