7-1 The preposition à

Remember;

• the contractions of à with le and les
  

The prepostion à

• translated various ways: to, in, at
• It often indicates a physical location. As in;
  
• aller à
• habiter à

Verbs with the Preposition à;

commencer à [+ infinitive] to start (doing something)
parler à to talk to
penser à to think about
téléphoner à to phone (someone)

à -v- dans;

• à is genrally used to meant at or in
• dans is used to mean inside
  
• *When learning a place name in French, learn the preposition that acommpanies/comes with it.

Prepositions with Place Names;

à la maison at home
à Paris in Paris
en ville in town
sur la place in the square

dans la maison inside the house
dans Paris inside Paris
dans la ville inside the town
à/sur la terrasse on the terrace