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Sur

French preposition

Sur usually means on:
      un livre sur la table
sur ma route
a book on the table
on my way
  
Sur can also indicate:
  
Direction
tourner sur la gauche
revenir sur Paris
to turn to the left
to return to Paris
  
Position
sur le stade, le marché
sur la chaussée, le boulevard, l'avenue
il neige sur tout le Canada
at the stadium, market
in the road, boulevard, avenue
it's snowing all over Canada
  
Approximate time
arriver sur les six heures
elle va sur ses 50 ans
sur une période d'un an
to arrive around 6 o'clock
she's going on 50
over a period / the course of a year
  
Proportion / ratio
trois fois sur quatre
un enfant sur cinq
une semaine sur deux
three times out of four
one child in five
every other week
  
Subject / topic
un article sur les roses
une causerie sur l'égalité
an article on roses
a talk on / about equality

  

Expressions with sur     Verbs with sur

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