Other prepositions describing position
There are many other useful prepositions that describe where something is situated.
These are some of the most commonly used in French:
| dans | in | entre | between/in between |
| devant | in front of | contre | against |
| derrière | behind | chez | at (when talking about where someone lives) |
| sous | under | vers | towards |
| sur | on |
| dans |
| in |
| entre |
| between/in between |
| devant |
| in front of |
| contre |
| against |
| derrière |
| behind |
| chez |
| at (when talking about where someone lives) |
| sous |
| under |
| vers |
| towards |
| sur |
| on |
These prepositions don’t require you to change the article before or after them. For example:
- j’ai logé dans un appartement devant la cathédrale - I stayed in an apartment in front of the cathedral
- le café se trouve entre l’office de tourisme et la poste - the café is between the Tourist Information office and the post office
- il est rentré chez moi avant d’aller chez Antoine - he came back to my house before he went to Antoine’s house
Other familiar prepositions include:
| avec | with |
| sans | without |
| pour | for |
| avec |
| with |
| sans |
| without |
| pour |
| for |
