Prepositions of place: position and movement in French

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Prepositions of place: position and movement

The prepositions à, en and au are used when referring to specific places, locations or destinations.
J'habite à Paris, en France. ♀ I live in Paris, in France.
Demain, je vais en Angleterre. ♀ Tomorrow, I'm going to England.
Je suis au Canada. ♂ I'm in Canada.
Je vais aux États-Unis. ♂♂ I'm going to the United States.
The preposition vers means 'towards (a particular location)' or can indicate proximity, but not a particular place:

Je marche vers l'église. (= en direction de l'église.) I'm walking to/towards the church.

Note: We use the preposition chez to indicate someone's address. This can be translated in different ways in English.

Je suis chez Victor. (= dans la maison de Victor) I'm at Victor's house.
Je vais chez le coiffeur I'm going to the hairdresser's.

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