FREN 106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fish, Preposition And Postposition, Ring Binder

• School: Queen's University
• Department: French Studies
• Course: FREN 106
• Professor: Catherine D Marie Dhavernas

Document Summary

To line up; to tidy; to arranger; to park. The partitive articles go before the noun and are used to express an indefinite quantity. The preposition en (in) is used before a year or month, or to introduce the length of time necessary to accomplish something. One particular moment within a given period of time. A date in the future calculated from the moment of speaking. The preposition pendant (while) stresses idea of duration (as does durant- while, during) Example: je me suis ennuy e pendant le trajet. The preposition pour (for) is generally used for a length of time predicted from a particular moment (the duration in question having not yet begin). Example: je vais demander au contr leur, j(cid:284)en ai pour deux minutes. The preposition (at) indicates the precise moment when an action happens, happened or will happen. When placed before the definite articles le and les, this preposition forms a contraction.