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 French language » French Grammar » Preposition » French Preposition (sur)

FRENCH PREPOSITIONS (sur)


Definition:

Sur usually means on:
un livre sur la table a book on the table
sur ma route on my way
Sur can also indicate:

Direction
tourner sur la gauche to turn to the left
revenir sur Paris to return to Paris
Position
sur le stade, le marché at the stadium, market
sur la chaussée, le boulevard, l'avenue in the road, boulevard, avenue
il neige sur tout le Canada it's snowing all over Canada
Approximate time
arriver sur les six heures to arrive around 3 o'clock
elle va sur ses 60 ans she's going on 60
sur une période d'un 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 five
une semaine sur deux every other week
Subject / topic
un article sur les roses an article on roses
une causerie sur l'égalité a talk on / about equality
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