Word
Mon bureau est au premier étage.
Meaning
My office is on the first floor.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Mon bureau est au premier étage.
Does bureau mean desk or office in this sentence?
- the piece of furniture (a desk),
- a room where you work (an office or study),
- an administrative office (e.g., le bureau des admissions).
In most workplace contexts, Mon bureau est au premier étage will be understood as My office is on the first floor (i.e., the office room). If you specifically mean the piece of furniture, context usually makes that clear; to be extra explicit you could say something like Mon bureau (le meuble) est au premier étage or specify the room: Mon bureau (le meuble) est dans ma chambre au premier étage.
Why is it au premier étage and not à le premier étage?
Why is it premier and not première?
Ordinal adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Étage is masculine singular, so you use premier. Use première only with feminine nouns, e.g., la première rue, la première fois.
Is premier étage the same as first floor in English?