Contractions with Prepositions / Les contractions avec prépositions

Les contractions avec prépositions

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French

Français

Courses: Intermediate Grammar

Introduction

For a more flowing pronunciation, the French prepositions à (to) and du (from; of) form contractions with definite articles in the singular-masculine (le) and plural (les; las). The feminine-singular article (la) never contracts with prepositions.

   au
   a le
   to the

   aux
   a les / a las
   to the (plural)

   du
   de le
   of the

   des
   de les / de las
   of the (plural)