Friday, December 27, 2019
How and When to Use the French Preposition Sur
The French preposition sur, one of the most common in the French language, usually means on, but it has a few other meanings as well depending on what its used with. Here they are. Location un livre sur la table a book on the tablesur ma route on my waysur la photo in the photographsur le stade / le marchà ©Ã‚ at the stadium / marketsur la chaussà ©e, le boulevard, lavenue in the road, boulevard, avenueIl neige sur tout le Canada. Its snowing all over Canada. Direction tourner sur la gauche to turn to the leftrevenir sur Paris to return to Paris Approximate time arriver sur les six heures to arrive around 6 oclockElle va sur ses 50 ans. Shes going on 50 (years old).sur une pà ©riode dun an over a period / the course of a year Proportion/Ratio trois fois sur quatre three times out of four​un enfant sur cinq one child in fiveune semaine sur deux every other week Subject/Topic un article sur les roses an article on rosesune causerie sur là ©galità ©Ã‚ a talk on/about equality After Some Verbs Followed by an Indirect Object Sur is also required after certain French verbs and phrases that are followed by an indirect object. Note that there is sometimes no equivalent preposition in English but the French usage is idiomatic. Such verbs and phrase include: acheter quelque chose sur le marchà ©  to buy something at the marketappuyer sur (le bouton)  to press (the button)appuyer sur (le mur)  to lean (on the wall)arriver sur (midi)  to arrive at around (noon)compter sur  to count onconcentrer sur  to concentrate oncopier sur quelquun  to copy from someonecroire quelquun sur parole  to take someones word, to take someone at his worddiriger son attention sur  to direct ones attention todonner sur  to overlook, open ontoà ©crire sur  to write aboutsendormir sur (un livre, son travail)  to fall asleep (over a book, at work)sà ©tendre sur  to spread out overfermer la porte sur (vous, lui)  to close the door behind (you, him)interroger quelquun sur quelque chose  to question someone about somethingse jeter sur quelquun  to throw oneself upon someoneloucher sur  to ogleprendre modà ¨le sur quelquun  to model oneself on som eonequestionner quelquun sur quelque chose  to question someone about somethingrà ©flà ©chir sur  to think about, reflect uponrà ©gner sur  to reign overrejeter une faute sur quelquun  to place the blame on someonerester sur la dà ©fensive  to stay on the defensiverester sur ses gardes  to keep ones guard uprevenir sur (un sujet)  to go back over (a topic)sauter sur une occasion  to jump at an opportunitytirer sur  to shoot attourner sur (là ©glise, la droite)  to turn (toward the church, right)
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