Contractions of Two Prepositions

Two prepositions, à and de, contract with the definite articles le and les to form new words, as shown in Table 1 :

TABLE 1 Contractions

Prepositon

le

la

l'

les

à

au

à la

à l'

aux

de

du

de la

de l'

des

Contractions are used as follows:

  • Il va au cinéma. (He goes to the movies.)

  • Il mange des bonbons. (He eats candy.)

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