French/Lessons/Going out

The preposition à can indicate a destination, a location, a characteristic, measurement, a point in time, and purpose.

When le follows à, the à and le combine into au. Similarly, à and les combine into aux.

The preposition de can indicate an origin, contents, possession, cause, and manner.

When le follows de, the de and le combine into du. Similarly, de and les combine into des.

The following verbs are all conjugated irregularly, in the same way.

The verbs, meaning to leave for where one came from or to restart is conjugated in the same way as partir.

, meaning to distribute or to forward, is conjugated in the regular second group pattern (see the conjugation table).

The verb, meaning to go or come back out, to take back out, to emerge from, or to stand out, is conjugated in the same way as sortir.






 * 1Un fauteuil is the physical chair that one sits on. One would normally use "une place" whenever "a seat" is used in English.
 * Prenez place ! - Take a seat! (very common expression. No article before place, you should not say Prenez la place)

-enir verbs are irregularly conjugated (they are not treated as regular -ir verbs).

The most common -enir verb is venir, meaning to come.

When venir is used with the preposition de, it means to come from or to be from:
 * Ces pommes viennent de l'Espagne.

When venir de is used with a verb, it states that you have recently accomplished an action.
 * Je viens de me réveiller.

Formation
In the present indicative, venir (and all other -enir verbs) is conjugated as follows:





-é…er verbs are regular -er verbs, but are also stem changing.

La Sortie or Sortie is generally used for fire exit signage in buildings to direct people in the building to the nearest exit. In this case, La Sortie would imply The Way Out(side) to those reading it.