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Preposition - Préposition - French Grammar + Pronunciation Glossary

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Definition: Prepositions are the little words that are placed in front of nouns in order to indicate a relationship between that noun and a verb, an adjective, or another noun. The noun that follows is the indirect object.

Any word that can fill in one or more of the following blanks is a preposition.

The book is _____ the table (on, under, beside)
I'm moving _____ France (to, from)
It's _____ your house (in, about, at)

Related lessons: French prepositions - Parts of speech

Related terms: verb - noun - adjective - indirect object

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