French: Geography

Name the Rivers in France

Le Serine

La Garone

Le Loire

La Rhone

Mountain Ranges in France

Le Alpes

Le Jura

Le Central Massif

Le Pyrenees

Countries near France

Italie

Suisse

Luxembourg

Espagne

Belgique

Bodies of water near France

Le mer Mediterennee

La Marche

L’Ocean Atlantique

Golfe de Gascogne

Mer de Norde

propositions for countries

• For feminine countries : EN

• With masculine countries : AU

• For plural countries : AUX

Country of origin

• For feminine countries starting with a consonant : we use the preposition DE

Son mari vient de Bolivie = Her husband comes from Bolivia.

• With masculine singular countries : DU

Elle vient de rentrer du Pérou = She just came back from Peru.

• For singular countries starting with a vowel or an h : D’

Il arrive d’Italie  = He arrives from Italy.

• For plural countries : DES

Ils sont originaires des Pays-Bas = They come from the Netherlands.

City of location

À

A gender rule for regions and states

• Regions or states ending in “e” (feminine) = EN

Vous allez en Provence et en Alsace = You’re going to Provence and Alsace

Je vais bientôt en Californie = I’m going soon to California

• Other letter (masculine) = AU

Ils vont au Texas et au Colorado = They go to Texas and Colorado

French cities

Paris

Nice

Lyon

Dijon

Lille

French Providences

Normandy

Hauts-de-France

Brittany

Pays de Loire

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Occitanie

Cosica

Provence-Alpes Cote Azur

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Centre-Val- de Loire

Ile de France

Grand Est

Burgurdy-Franche-Comte