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<h2>préférer</h2>
<h3>to prefer</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère la plage.</h2>
<h3>I prefer the beach.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère la plage.</h2>
<h3>I like the beach better.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère la plage.</h2>
<h3>I like the beach better.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>préférer</h2>
<h3>to prefer</h3>
<h3>(1st group)</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère</h2>
<h2>Tu préfères</h2>
<h2>Il/Elle préfère</h2>
<h2>Nous préférons</h2>
<h2>Vous préférez</h2>
<h2>Ils/Elles préfèrent</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère la plage.</h2>
<h3>I prefer the beach.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère la plage au bureau.</h2>
<h3>I prefer the beach to the office.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>le bureau</h2>
<h3>The desk, the office</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>à le => au</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère la viande au poisson.</h2>
<h3>I prefer meat to fish.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>la viande</h2>
<h3>meat / the meat (f)</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>la viande rouge</h2>
<h3>red meat</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>le poisson</h2>
<h3>fish / the fish (m)</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>à la (to the)</h2>
<h2>à le => au</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère le poisson à la viande.</h2>
<h3>I prefer fish over meat.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Qu’est-ce que vous préférez?</h2>
<h3>What do you prefer?</h3>
<h3>(formal)</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Qu’est-ce que tu préfères?</h2>
<h3>What do you prefer?</h3>
<h3>(casual)</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère la montagne.</h2>
<h3>I prefer the mountains.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère aller à la montagne.</h2>
<p>I prefer to go to the mountains.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>aller</h2>
<h3>to go</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>aller à</h2>
<h3>to go to</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère cuisiner.</h2>
<h3>I prefer to cook.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je préfère cuisiner à la maison.</h2>
<h3>I prefer to cook at home.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>la maison</h2>
<h3>the house / the home</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>à la maison</h2>
<h3>at the house / at home</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>un restaurant</h2>
<h3>a restaurant</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Ils préfèrent manger au restaurant.</h2>
<h3>They prefer eating at a restaurant.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>au restaurant</h2>
<h3>at the/a restaurant</h3>
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<h2>où&#8230; where</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>Not to confuse with:</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>ou&#8230; or</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>la nuit ou le jour</h2>
<h3>the day or the night</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>petit ou grand</h2>
<h3>little or big</h3>
<h3>short or tall</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Où es-tu?</h2>
<h3>Where are you?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis dans la cuisine.</h2>
<h3>I’m in the kitchen.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis dans le jardin.</h2>
<h3>I’m in the garden/yard.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Où est-elle?</h2>
<h3>Where is she?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Elle est dans le jardin.</h2>
<h3>She’s in the garden/yard.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Où es-tu?</h2>
<h3>Where are you?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis dans le salon.</h2>
<h3>I’m in the living room.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>le salon</h2>
<h3>the living room</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Où es-tu?</h2>
<h3>Where are you?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis dans la chambre.</h2>
<h3>I’m in the bedroom.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis dans ma chambre.</h2>
<h3>I’m in my bedroom.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>la chambre</h2>
<h3>the bedroom</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>ma chambre</h2>
<h3>my bedroom</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis dans le bureau.</h2>
<h3>I’m in the office.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>le bureau</h2>
<h3>the office / the desk</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>mon bureau</h2>
<h3>my office</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis dans mon bureau.</h2>
<h3>I’m in my office.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>la =====> ma  (my)</h2>
<h2>le =====> mon (my)</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>Où vas-tu?</h2>
<h3>Where are you going?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je vais au bureau.</h2>
<h3>I’m going to the office. (place of work)</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Où sont-ils?</h2>
<h3>Where are they?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Ils sont au cinéma.</h2>
<h3>They’re at the movie theater.</h3>
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<h2>le cinéma</h2>
<h3>the movie theater</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Où êtes-vous?</h2>
<h3>Where are you? (plural)</h3>
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<h2>Nous sommes au bar.</h2>
<h3>We’re at the bar.</h3>
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<h2>On est au bar.</h2>
<h3>We’re at the bar.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>On is often used in place of nous (we).</h2>
<h3>It is conjugated like he or she.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Où êtes-vous?</h2>
<h3>Where are you?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>On est dans un bar.</h2>
<h3>We’re in a bar. (the building)</h3>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Transcript</h2>
<h2>chez</h2>
<h3>at/to somebody’s place</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je suis chez moi.</h2>
<h3>I’m home (at my place).</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Elle est chez Marie.</h2>
<h3>She’s at Marie’s.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Il va chez le docteur.</h2>
<h3>He’s going to the doctor.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Il va chez le dentiste.</h2>
<h3>He’s going to the dentist.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Elle va chez le coiffeur.</h2>
<h3>She’s going to the hairdresser.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>le coiffeur</h2>
<h3>the hairdresser – the barber</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>la coiffeuse</h2>
<h3>the hairdresser (f)</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Comment allez-vous? (formal)</h2>
<h3>How are you?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Comment vas-tu? (casual)</h2>
<h3>How are you (going) doing?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je vais bien.</h2>
<h3>I’m doing (going) well.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Elle va très bien.</h2>
<h3>She’s doing very well.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Je ne vais pas bien.</h2>
<h3>I’m not doing well.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Elle va mieux.</h2>
<h3>She’s doing better.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>mieux</h2>
<h3>better</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Comment ça va?</h2>
<h3>How are you doing/feeling?</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>Ca va mieux.</h2>
<h3>I’m doing/feeling better.</h3>
<BR/>
<h2>la cédille: ç</h2>
<BR/>
<h2>ca co cu (k sound)</h2>
<h3>ce ci ça ço çu (s sound)</h3>
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