The Prepositions “en”, “sur” and “avec”

Prepositions link words to other words to form a meaningful sentence. In French, there are many prepositions. Each one of them has a specific use. Some of them have multiple uses. In this chapter, we will study the most common prepositions like “dans”, “pour”, “en”, etc.. In this lesson, we will study the prepositions “sur”, “en” and “avec”.

The Preposition “en”

We use “en” to express several things: place, duration, matter, manner, and also before a means of transport.

“en” expressing place

“en” is used before feminine names of countries, regions or continents and before masculine names of countries that start with a vowel or a vowel sound.