#james_mcgill01

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cold patrol
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Most of the time we use "en" when say going to another country. For exemple "going to Germany" is "aller en Allemagne" (Allemagne : nom féminin)

iron matrix
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So En is used for countries
We never use à la?
In case of feminine countries

cold patrol
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I'm trying to think of a country but I can't find one. It's always "en" or "au", for exemple "aller au Japon" (Japon : nom masculin singulier) or "aux", for example "aller aux Etats Unis d'Amérique" (Etats Unis d'Amérique : nom masculin pluriel)

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But for non-country words, we do say à la

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Ex: aller à la plage

iron matrix
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What if I want to say “I come from ___”

verbal mural
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It's en for fem countries

cold patrol
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Je viens de...

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And au for masc ones

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For in or to

iron matrix
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Okay

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À la isn't used for countries

iron matrix
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Yea

cold patrol
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Yep

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iron matrix
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Alright

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De France, Du Royaume-Uni, du Botswana, des États-Unis, d'Irlande, du Vietnam, de Chine

iron matrix
# verbal mural Uh yea

I’ve seen those being used for countries but for places like school, college etc the de become de la

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Yeah

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Countries are a bit special

iron matrix
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Alright

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So without a preposition, countries used a normal definite article
With à :
Fem en
Masc au
Plural aux
With de :
Fem de
Masc du
Plural des
Other nouns:
F à la, de la
M au, du
P aux, des

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To summarize

cold patrol
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For example "I got to school" is "Je vais à l'école (je vais à la école, but 2 vowels one after the other makes the a from la disappear in this case)

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iron matrix
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That's a good question

iron matrix
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Hmm so where do we use dans

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I’ve seen it been used with places

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Like regions or states

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Not exactly countries

cold patrol
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That would be in and into for en and dans I think

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I go into a room = je vais dans la pièce

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iron matrix
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And dans is not used for countries?

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But technically it should be "J'habite au New Jersey" if we wanted to be correct (which is something we say too btw)

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cold patrol
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Yes your sentence is perfect

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cold patrol
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I would use it as welle when talking with my friends because it's quicker and less heavy to say "au" than "dans le" but it has the same meaning

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Both forms are on the same level of correctness tho

iron matrix
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Alright I’m clear with that

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Can I ask one more thing tho

cold patrol
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Sure

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cold patrol
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Yeah 😅

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Like do we use the same prepositions which we use with aller?

cold patrol
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Now that's a whole other thing

iron matrix
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What is it

cold patrol
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Alright give me an example to translate because there are too many situations

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It's not even clear for us sometimes 😅

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Je vais manger au restaurant

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"I go to Walmart" is "Je vais à Walmart" but you could hear "Je vais chez Walmart" as if it were a persone

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cold patrol
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It's not that complicated in the end 😅 idk why I thought that

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Je vais à la Walmart ?

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No

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That makes no sens

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cold patrol
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Because it would be a masculin word

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iron matrix
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I feel like I’m pissing you off🙏

cold patrol
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No not at all

fervent gorge
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Walmart feels masculine to me but still, brand names don't take an article.

iron matrix
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Thanks for helping

fervent gorge
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(Normally, unless the store is specified.)

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cold patrol
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Well you could say "je vais à Walmart" as well now that is think of it

iron matrix
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Just the word “magasin” takes an article but if it’s a brand name it doesn’t take one?

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fervent gorge
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Yep.

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If the name is also that of a person, you rather use chez. You can see "chez Leclerc" for example.

cold patrol
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Nameless is correct, it does not take an article, but in every day life "au Walmart" is more common I feel like

iron matrix
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So I’m gonna with à

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cold patrol
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What?

fervent gorge
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I can see "au Walmart" if I add "du coin" after that for example.

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You told how we can treat Walmart as a person by using chez but my teacher might not give me marks for it

cold patrol
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What is the sentence? Because "[...] chez moi" is the only correct form

fervent gorge
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Only? Chez le docteur, chez le boulanger, chez le coiffeur, etc.

cold patrol
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Walmart was not a great example because it's a big company, but for hairdresser or butcher chez could be used although au is sometimes too, and I don't really know the rule for that. Because it's a profession, but associated to a person

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cold patrol
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Like nameless said with his exemples

iron matrix
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I always chez for any profession or like a family member’s house

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iron matrix
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Yea I think that’s it for now
Been doing French since morning and it has fried my brain

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cold patrol
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Mine too 😭

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Bye

iron matrix
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Really thanks for your help🙏❤️‍🩹

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and also the Nameless One, merci