À | — at, in, to) |
À cote dev | — beside, next door |
Auprés de | — next to |
Apres | — after |
Au | — at |
Autour | — around |
Avant | — before |
Avec | — with |
Contre | — against |
Dans | — in, into, within |
De | — of, from, by, to |
De, Depuis | — from, out of, since |
Derriere | — behind |
Devant | — in front of |
En | — In, into, within |
Entre | — between |
Jusqu’‡ | — as far as |
Jusqu’if | — until, as far as |
Jusqu’au | — until the last |
Hors | — outside |
Parmi | — among |
Pies de | — near |
Pedant que/qu’ | — during |
Pendant, pour | — for (ongoing or future) |
Pour | — for (past) |
Prés | — near; nearby |
Puisque/pusiqu’ | — since (when reasoning) |
Sous | — under, below |
Sans | — without |
Sur | — on, on top of, over, above |
Vers | — toward |
Note: The letter “A/a” is a conjugated form of "to have." À/à with a grave accent denotes the preposition "at, in, to".
Opposing Prepositions
Dans, Hors | — inside, outside |
Avec, Contre | — with, against |
Devant, Derriere | — in front of, behind |
Sur, Sous | — on top of, underneath |
Avec, Sans | — with, without |
Avant, Aprés | — before, after |
Prés, Loin | — near, far |
Prepositional Phrases
Sur le point de | — about to ("on the point of") |
En train de | — in the middle of ("in train of") |