Breakdown of À la bibliothèque, le silence aide Marie à lire son roman.
Marie
Marie
lire
to read
à
to
la bibliothèque
the library
Questions & Answers about À la bibliothèque, le silence aide Marie à lire son roman.
What does À mean in À la bibliothèque? Is it at, in, or to the library?
The preposition à is very flexible. In À la bibliothèque, it is best translated as at the library.
- À la bibliothèque → At the library
- If you wanted to insist more on inside the building, you could also say Dans la bibliothèque (In the library), but À la bibliothèque is the most natural way to say at the library as a general location.
- You would not say au bibliothèque, because bibliothèque is feminine, so it must be à la, not au (which is à + le for masculine nouns).
Why is there a comma after À la bibliothèque?