Prepositions in English
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Prepositions in English
Hi everyone,
Something difficult when learning a language is to use correct prepositions.
Prepositions sometimes look random or say without much good reason.
A problem is that at school, there're not many lessons around this.
French / English
- aller à Paris / to go to Paris (at which would be the translation of "à")
- venir à Paris / to come to Parisat
- venir de Paris / to come from Parisof
- arriver à Paris / to arrive at/in Paris
- travailler chez Areva / to work at Arevaby
- travailler à Lille / to work in Lilleat
- dire qqc à qqn / to say sth to so - to tell so about sth
- écouter qqc / to listen to sth
- regarder qqc / to look at sth
- fournir qqc à qqn / to provide so with sth (but more various)
Do you learn each one by heart?
Do you have some tips?
Thanks.
Something difficult when learning a language is to use correct prepositions.
Prepositions sometimes look random or say without much good reason.
A problem is that at school, there're not many lessons around this.
French / English
- aller à Paris / to go to Paris (
- venir à Paris / to come to Paris
- venir de Paris / to come from Paris
- arriver à Paris / to arrive at/in Paris
- travailler chez Areva / to work at Areva
- travailler à Lille / to work in Lille
- dire qqc à qqn / to say sth to so - to tell so about sth
- écouter qqc / to listen to sth
- regarder qqc / to look at sth
- fournir qqc à qqn / to provide so with sth (but more various)
Do you learn each one by heart?
Do you have some tips?
Thanks.
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Re: Prepositions in English
Hi everyone,
I remember a "rule" stating that homonyms are usually followed by the same preposition. However my problem is that I don't remmeber if it's valid in English or in German.
Please could you help me (I guess it's in German for declensions)? ![Wink](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_wink.gif)
I remember a "rule" stating that homonyms are usually followed by the same preposition. However my problem is that I don't remmeber if it's valid in English or in German.
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Re: Prepositions in English
Hi everyone,
Prepositions are a nightmare, aren't they?
Is there a way to get rid of them?
In German, a verb is followed by a declension case with or without a preposition in front, eg warten auf etwas (dative).
There're possibilities to get rid of this using prefixes -er or -be -> erwarten etwas (accusative ie transitive)
Is there a possibility to avoid prepositions in English like:
- to wait for sth / to await sth
- to wake sb up (bad example as the verb is transitive) / to awake
Handy, no?![Wink](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_wink.gif)
What do you know about this? Did you experience this kind of verbs?
Prepositions are a nightmare, aren't they?
Is there a way to get rid of them?
In German, a verb is followed by a declension case with or without a preposition in front, eg warten auf etwas (dative).
There're possibilities to get rid of this using prefixes -er or -be -> erwarten etwas (accusative ie transitive)
Is there a possibility to avoid prepositions in English like:
- to wait for sth / to await sth
- to wake sb up (bad example as the verb is transitive) / to awake
Handy, no?
![Wink](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_wink.gif)
What do you know about this? Did you experience this kind of verbs?
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Please feel free to point out big mistakes in my messages in a foreign language. Thanks to your remarks, I'll be able to improve my level.
PS: Pls note that I chose American English for my vocabulary, grammar, spelling, culture, etc.
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Re: Prepositions in English
Hi Gérard, everyone
I personnaly tend to learn everything by heart and I don't have any tip, i am sorry
I personnaly tend to learn everything by heart and I don't have any tip, i am sorry
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Re: Prepositions in English
Muriel,
Boring and difficult to learn everything by heart, no?
I suppose that after years of experience, we can feel prepositions and learn exceptions only, no?
Does my sentence about prefixes to get rid of prepositions ring a bell?
Boring and difficult to learn everything by heart, no?
I suppose that after years of experience, we can feel prepositions and learn exceptions only, no?
Does my sentence about prefixes to get rid of prepositions ring a bell?
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Please feel free to point out big mistakes in my messages in a foreign language. Thanks to your remarks, I'll be able to improve my level.
PS: Pls note that I chose American English for my vocabulary, grammar, spelling, culture, etc.
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Re: Prepositions in English
yes Gérard, it does ring a bell ! Unfortunately I can't find examples apart from "To wake up/ awake"
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La langue c'est Le Lien,
Language is The Link,
La Lengua es el Nexo de unión,
Sprache ist die Verbindung,
Il Linguaggio è Il Legame,
La Lingvo estas La Ligilo etc.
MurielB- Admin
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Lieu : Calais
Langues : Français (Langue maternelle), Espéranto, Gb, De, It, Es, chinois
Re: Prepositions in English
I tried hard to think about what you mean but could not find anything (intelligent
) to say. perhaps in german the separable verbs and the verbs which are not.
"synonyms are followed by the same prepositions and declension cases" Are you sure ?
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"synonyms are followed by the same prepositions and declension cases" Are you sure ?
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La langue c'est Le Lien,
Language is The Link,
La Lengua es el Nexo de unión,
Sprache ist die Verbindung,
Il Linguaggio è Il Legame,
La Lingvo estas La Ligilo etc.
MurielB- Admin
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Lieu : Calais
Langues : Français (Langue maternelle), Espéranto, Gb, De, It, Es, chinois
Re: Prepositions in English
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La langue c'est Le Lien,
Language is The Link,
La Lengua es el Nexo de unión,
Sprache ist die Verbindung,
Il Linguaggio è Il Legame,
La Lingvo estas La Ligilo etc.
MurielB- Admin
- Messages : 18152
Lieu : Calais
Langues : Français (Langue maternelle), Espéranto, Gb, De, It, Es, chinois
Re: Prepositions in English
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La langue c'est Le Lien,
Language is The Link,
La Lengua es el Nexo de unión,
Sprache ist die Verbindung,
Il Linguaggio è Il Legame,
La Lingvo estas La Ligilo etc.
MurielB- Admin
- Messages : 18152
Lieu : Calais
Langues : Français (Langue maternelle), Espéranto, Gb, De, It, Es, chinois
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