1. Prepositions & Geography
Class Tuesday 1/25

2. Cities
• Always use à or de (d') with city names.
• J'habite à New Brunswick. (I live in New
Brunswick.)
• Je suis de Red Bank. (I am from Red Bank.)

3. Countries
• Countries with plural names use aux and des.
• J'habite aux Etats-Unis. (I live in the United
States.)
• Je suis des Etats-Unis. (I am from the United
States.)

4. Countries (cont'd)
• Countries with masculine singular names use au and du.
• J'habite au Japon. Je suis du Japon. (I live in Japan. I am from
Japan.)
• Countries with feminine singular names use en and de.
Countries with masculine names that begin with a vowel also
use these.
• J'habite en France. Je suis de France. (I live in France. I am
from France.) France = feminine
• J'habite en Irak. Je suis d'Irak. (I live in Iraq. I am from Iraq.)
Irak = masculine beginning with a vowel

5. Most countries ending
in e are feminine.
Exceptions: Le Mexique