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Hey what’s more fun than being able to use prepositions! Sadly, there is no simpler technique than to familiarize and memorize. But, what you can use is to connect or associate two prepositions like “sous” and “sur” are “under” and “over” respectively. Notice that both started with the letter “s” and nearly sound alike with “sur” ending in “r” which comes over “s” or the ending letter of “sous.” Here are some of what I learned in French class:

Devant	Front
Derrière	Back
Dans	In
Sous	Below
Sur	Above
À cote de	Beside
Près de	Near to
Loin de	Far from
En face de	Facing

                Take for example the location of UP School of Economics. It is beside College of Business Administration and facing Sunken Garden.  Then, we would state it as “À cote d’école Business Administration et en face du jardin Sunken.”

But, wait there’s more! This time it’s about directions:

Tourner à droite	Turn to the right
Tourner à gauche	Turn to the left
Prendre	Take
Montre	Upward
Descendre	Downward
Traverser	Across
Aller toujour	Continue straight

               

As you may have observed, “tourner” would mean “to turn” followed by the direction “droite” and “gauche.” The three words – prendre, montre, and descendre – would indicate an upward or downward bound or either.

                In addition, both prendre and descendre have irregular conjugations:

Je	Prends	Descends
Tu	Prends	Descends
Il/elle	Prend	Descend
Nous	Prenons	Descendons
Vous	Prenez	Descendez
Ils/elles	Prennent	Descendent

               

Et toi, où est votre maison dans la ville et suivez les itineraries sur le plan, s’il vous plait^^