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Les contractions avec "à" et "de"
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The prepositions "à" and "de" contract with the French articles "le" and "les."  See below for the rules and practice. 

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Notes for à :
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The word "à" has
three meanings in French:
in /at /to


When we place
"à" in front of the definite articles
"le" or "les"
"à" contracts to
a different form.
Note that it does NOT contract
in front of other words.


Je suis
Je vais



Je parle
J'assiste

Je rends visite

à
au
à la
à l'
aux


à mon
à
un


à mes

Paris.
lycée.
banque.
aéroport
cafés

copain.
match

amis
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no contraction
à + le = au
no contraction
no contraction

à + les = aux

no contraction

no contraction

no contraction
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Notes for de :
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The word "de" has
three meanings in French:
from /of /about


When we place
"de" in front of the definite articles
"le" or "les"
"de" contracts to
a different form.
Note that it does NOT contract
in front of other words.


Je viens




Je parle


J'ai peur

de
du
de la
de l'
des


de mon
d'
un


de mes

Paris.
lycée.
banque.
aéroport
États-Unis

copain.
match

chiens.
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no contraction
de + le = du
no contraction
no contraction

de + les = des

no contraction

no contraction

no contraction
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Practice contractions with "à" and "de" here.
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Practice sentences/questions with "à" and "de" here.
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Practice advanced sentences/questions with "à" and "de" here.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 
January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968




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