prepositions in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for prepositions in the English»French Dictionary

preposition [Brit ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n, Am ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n] N

preposition

préposition f

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prepositions in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for prepositions in the English»French Dictionary

preposition [ˌprepəˈzɪʃən] N

preposition

préposition f

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préposition

preposition

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English

There is a hierarchy of alliteration; nouns and verbs are almost consistently alliterated, whereas helping words such as pronouns and prepositions are almost never alliterated.

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The fairly large set of prepositions makes it unusual.

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Conjunctions, articles, and short prepositions are not considered major words; however, capitalize all words of four letters or more.

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Unusual prepositions, which exist in vast amount in bureaucratic style, as a rule take the genitive.

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Non-subject pronouns are used as topics or objects of verbs or prepositions.

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The prefixes used for this purpose are mostly identical to prepositions (although they also include "roz-", and "prze-", the latter corresponding to the preposition "przez").

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The language has numerous postpositions (and no prepositions, which is generally unexpected for VSO languages).

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Sometimes both prepositions and cases can be observed within a single language.

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For instance, prepositions typically transfer nouns to adjectives or adverbs, and subordinators typically transfer verbs to nouns.

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True prepositions can also be used with certain verbs to convey a particular meaning.

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