Questions & Answers about Le garage est en bas.
Why are we using en bas to say downstairs?
In French, en bas literally translates to in low or at the bottom. It is the standard phrase used to mean downstairs when talking about levels of a house. What is the opposite of en bas if I want to say upstairs?
To say upstairs or at the top, you use the phrase en haut. Just remember that the h in haut acts like a hard consonant here, so you do not make a liaison (connecting sound) from the n in en to it. Do I pronounce the s at the end of bas?
No, the s at the end of bas is silent. The word simply sounds like the English syllable bah. Can I use en bas for things other than houses and stairs?
Yes! Besides downstairs, en bas also means at the bottom of something. For example, you can say en bas de la page to mean at the bottom of the page. Learn Le garage est en bas and more in French
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