Learn French: Le restaurant est devant le supermarché. - The restaurant is in front of the supermarket.

Le restaurant est devant le supermarché.

The restaurant is in front of the supermarket.

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Questions & Answers about Le restaurant est devant le supermarché.

Since this lesson is about où, how do I ask "Where is the restaurant?" to get this answer?

You can simply ask Où est le restaurant ? The question word où means "where" and often goes at the beginning of a basic question, followed by the verb est and the subject.

I've seen the word avant for "before". What is the difference between avant and devant?

The word devant is used for physical space to mean "in front of", like the location of a building. The word avant is used for time to mean "before", like doing homework before dinner.

Why is there no de after devant? I thought we needed it for locations, like in près de.

Some location words are compound phrases that need de, like près de meaning "near" or à côté de meaning "next to". However, devant is a simple preposition that stands alone. You just put it right in front of the noun and its article.

Do I pronounce the final 't' in devant and restaurant?

No, the 't' at the end of both words is silent. In French, most final consonants are not pronounced unless they link to a vowel sound immediately after them.