#mr.moderino

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foggy oar
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Près requires the preposition "de" between it and a noun.

lean wasp
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Only pres or do all sentences need the preposition ''de''

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and i think de turns into du

foggy oar
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There's loin too for example.

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À côté de.

lean wasp
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same concept with la place est pres du palais (the square is near the palace), i still dont know why you woudnt say pres le palais

zealous bramble
lean wasp
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I just looked at loin meaning far

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in busuu

zealous bramble
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'Close the museum' makes no sense in either.

lean wasp
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Close the museum feels natural.

zealous bramble
lean wasp
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Ohhhh

zealous bramble
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Not without a comma, changing the meaning.

lean wasp
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So what would you say, you close the museum?

zealous bramble
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It is close, the museum. -> The museum is close.

lean wasp
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The museum is closed?

zealous bramble
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I'm not talking about the verb 'to close'.

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But the preposition 'close to something'.

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Close/nearby.

lean wasp
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ahhhh

dull nebula
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when indicating distance to/from something, you'd usually have to use the preposition "de"
près de => close to / near
loin de => far from
à côté de => next to

lean wasp
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So in English you say ''Is close to the musem'' and in french you say Du Museum? (I dont know the words for close in french)

zealous bramble
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Près = close.

lean wasp
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Wait i do, its pres de

zealous bramble
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Yep. ^^

lean wasp
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So you say Pres de (close to) du museum? Of the museum?

dull nebula
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the reason it's "du" and not "de" in your sentence is because the preposition "de" followed by the article "le" makes "du"

zealous bramble
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Du = de + le.

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Près de + le musée = près du musée.

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I need to slow down when typing. missydoge

dull nebula
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with a feminine noun, it would be "près de la Tour Eiffel" for instance

lean wasp
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So pres le le musee woudnt make sense

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so thats why you say pres du musee

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am i in the ball park?

zealous bramble
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Correct, 'près de le' doesn't work in French.

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Hence 'du'.

foggy oar
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Yep, du is the mandatory contraction of de le (as long as le is the definite article).

lean wasp
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ahh its already pres de

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thank u

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i wasnt expecting seeing the word ''close'' become pres de

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new word: le quartier montmartre se trouve la-bas. ''over there'' (focusing on la-bas)

celest flicker