/ʃe/
Translation
at (someone's place), among
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
- .
We'll meet at my place from seven o'clock this evening.
' .
She has been working at a large law firm for two years.
, ' .
Among the French, people often kiss to say hello.
' au .
I pop by my mother's before going to the office.
, aux .
Where I'm from, we always say hello to the neighbours in the morning.
' au .
I am stopping by the doctor's before going to the office.
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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Stories
(10)Un soir avec Marc
1 min read · Core 1000
Pas la même chose
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Seule dans la nuit
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Cuisiner ensemble
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Le coup de téléphone
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Le nouveau docteur
3 min read · Core 1000
Le nouveau voisin
3 min read · Core 1000
Un message pour Hélène
4 min read · Core 1000
Une rencontre au marché
4 min read · Core 1000
Pas devant les clients
5 min read · Core 1000
Grammar articles
(9)Faire causatif: Having Things Done in French
French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
The French Present Participle and Gerund (le participe présent et le gérondif)
French Prepositions: à, de, en, dans, sur, chez and the Mandatory Contractions
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
French Stressed Pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles
The French Subjunctive After Necessity and Will
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