In today’s French lesson – Complicated French Sentence 4, we build a complicated French sentence together. We start from level A1 – Beginner with a basic sentence, “J’ai demandé – I asked,” and we slowly add elements to end up with a complicated French sentence. All the way to a B2 level – Advanced!
Today, we focus on different prepositions in the sentence. Here are all the prepositions we are going to use today: à – de – chez – au – à l – aux – en – au – aux – à – dans.
This French lesson is divided into 2 different steps:
Step 1: Build a complicated French sentence.
Step 2: Add different prepositions to the sentence
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This sentence is built with the verb demander (to ask) conjugated in the passé composé.
Basic sentence
J’ai demandé
I asked
Subject pronoun + verb
Add the preposition à
J’ai demandé à + quelqu’un
I asked + someone
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition
Add a name after the preposition à
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie.
I asked Stéphanie.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name
Add the preposition de
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de + infinitive verb
I asked Stéphanie to + infinitive verb
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition
Add an infinitive verb after the preposition de
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir.
I asked Stéphanie to come.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb
Add “avec moi” for more information
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun
Add chez for businesses and people
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi chez le docteur.
I asked Stephanie to come with me to the doctor.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + article + noun
Add au before masculine nouns
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi au magasin.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me to the store.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + noun
Add à la before feminine nouns
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi à la librairie.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me to the bookstore.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + article + noun
Add aux before plural nouns
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi aux toilettes.
I asked Stephanie to come with me to the bathroom.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + noun
Add en before feminine countries
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi en Belgique.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me to Belgium.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + noun
Add au before masculine countries
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi au Portugal.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me to Portugal.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + noun
Add aux before plural countries
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi aux États-Unis.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me to the United States.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + noun
Add à before cities
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi à Paris.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me to Paris.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + noun
Add dans for specific places
J’ai demandé à Stéphanie de venir avec moi dans le jardin.
I asked Stéphanie to come with me to the garden.
Subject pronoun + verb + preposition + name + preposition + infinitive verb + preposition + emphatic pronoun + preposition + article + noun
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Complicated French Sentence – 1
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