charmfulguy

[ivory seal]

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[rapid hill]

Oh, I can use english here

I was ready to use the most broken french

[spiral pendant]

yes you can!

those words are actually sneakily hard
they're prepositions, tools used by the language to link words together
while some have pretty distinct use cases, many prepositions are just words that can show up in some expressions or constructions

"en" notably is the hardest word in the whole language for learners in my opinion

maybe you want more information specifically on when to pick the right one when it comes to spatial locations?

[rapid hill]

Spatial local as in
Je suis en mon le maison
I guess that sentence is grammatically wrong as well

[spiral pendant]

yup, "je suis dans ma maison" !

[rapid hill]

dans is used here

[spiral pendant]

for the most part, "dans" is used for within a closed or limited space
It generally translates to "in" or "inside"

[rapid hill]

Ok
Je suis dans le Disneyland ?

[spiral pendant]

"sur" is used for being over a surface
it generally translates to "on" or "onto"

[spiral pendant]

in that case, you'd use "à", which is used for cities or places within a city, picture pointing at somewhere on a map

you'll find more info there: https://www.ohlalafrenchcourse.com/en/blog/article/prepositions-of-place-in-french-a-de-dans-sur-chez-et-en

[rapid hill]

Thank you

[minor hare]

With locations like maison and Disneyland it can be dans or à but there's a nuance
Dans is to specify that you're inside of it and not just outside
À is to indicate where you can be found if that makes sense

Also note that maison is gonna need a determiner like la or ma but Disneyland isn't because it's a proper noun