/ʃe/

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Translation

at (someone's place), among

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Word origin

From Latin casa ('hut, cottage, house'). The preposition came to mean 'at the home of'.

Origin
Latin
Root
casa
English cognates
casino, casa

Examples

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Tonight I'm eating at my parents'.

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I pop by my mother's before going to the office.

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We'll meet at my place from seven o'clock this evening.

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She has been working at a large law firm for two years.

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Among the French, people often kiss to say hello.

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Where I'm from, we always say hello to the neighbours in the morning.

est une préposition spécifiquement française sans équivalent direct en anglais. Elle s'emploie pour indiquer le domicile ou l'espace d'une personne (chez lui, chez le médecin), un lieu commercial attaché à une personne (chez le boulanger), ou une caractéristique propre à un groupe (chez les adolescents, chez Proust).

La construction chez + pronom tonique ou nom propre est très productive : chez soi (at home, one's own place) exprime un sentiment d'appartenance intime. Se sentir chez soi (to feel at home) dépasse le sens purement spatial. Chez ne s'emploie qu'avec des humains ou des entités assimilables - on ne dit pas chez la voiture mais dans la voiture.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 6: chez, leur, ok and 7 more words.