French Common English

Comments
preposition equivalent
à at, in à+le>au; à+les>aux
après after
avant before
avec with
at/to ...'s house/place; For example: chez moi = at my place; je
on/from the premises of, passe chez toi = I'll come round to your
chez
from/at ...'s (with a place; je l'ai acheté chez Darty = I
company name) bought it at Darty('s)
contre against
dans in(side) &bnsp;
de of, from de+le>du, de+les>des
Also translates English for when used to
indicate a continuing action, e.g. I've been
depuis since, from
working for two days = je travaille depuis
deux jours
derrière behind
in front of, outside (the
devant
front of)
Used mainly with feminine countries and
en in
certain figurative expressions
entre between, among
The preposition envers means "towards"
as in "I was kind towards him"; when
envers towards talking about physical motion towards
something, or progress towards a solution,
vers is used.
Used postpositionally about a third of the
time, e.g. about 30 people can be either
environ about, approximately
environ 30 personnes or 30 personnes
environ.
par by, through
Also used to mean "for" with a past
pendant during
duration of time.
pour for
sans without
sauf except
according to, depending
selon
on
sous under(neath)
sur on
Also used with dates to mean "in
vers towards around...", "circa...". See also the
preposition envers (above).