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Je travaille à la bibliothèque le week-end.

Je travaille à la bibliothèque le week-end.
I work at the library on weekends.
From Lesson 32:The preposition to/at (à, au, aux)·French

Questions & Answers about Je travaille à la bibliothèque le week-end.

Why is it à la bibliothèque here, instead of using the contracted form au?
In French, the preposition à (at/to) only contracts with the masculine article le (becoming au) or the plural article les (becoming aux). Since bibliothèque is a feminine noun, it uses la. The words à and la never contract, so they stay separate as à la.
The translation says "on weekends," but the French sentence just says le week-end (singular). Why is that?
In French, using the singular definite article (le) before a day of the week or week-end tells us that the action is a recurring habit. So, le week-end translates beautifully to "on weekends" or "every weekend."
Why isn't there a word for "on" before le week-end?
French doesn't use a preposition like "on" or "at" for days of the week or weekends. You simply use the article le directly before the noun.
I always confuse bibliothèque with the word for bookstore. How do I tell them apart?
This is a classic "false friend"! La bibliothèque means the library (where you borrow books), while la librairie means the bookstore (where you buy them).

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