1. Lequel
et les liens

2. Objectives:
Students will be able to answer the question ‘Avec quoi?’

3. Prepositions
A preposition in many languages is referred to as the « dative » case.
So, imagine you were on a date with someone eating with a two by four.
English prepositions: to, by, for, at, with

4. En Français:
Les prépositions sont: à (at, to), par(by), pour(for), avec (with), vers (toward), dans (in)

5. So, in these French sentences:
Je vais avec Marie.
Tu cours à Richard
Il jette vers Joachim
where is the preposition?

6. avec à
vers

7. Keep the last few slides in mind
Keep your list of prepositions in front of you

8. New Rule:
A preposition (à, pour, par, vers, avec) can NEVER come at the end of a sentence.
Voici le parc je vais vers - DOES NOT WORK
(here’s the parc I go toward)

9. What do we do with prepositions at the end?
Voici le parc je vais vers - DOESNT WORK
If you wind up having a preposition at the end, you need to follow it with a form of lequel
Which form of lequel do I use?
look at the noun, is it a le, la, les word?
It’s a « le » word, so use lequel.
here’s where we are (remember, lequel means « which »):
Voici le parc je vais vers lequel. (Here is the parc I go towards which).
DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE YET? NO? Let’s keep going.

10. Let’s Brainstorm a minute:
Here is the parc I go towards which
How could we reorganize these words to make sense without putting the preposition « towards » at the end?

11. Ideas Here is the parc towards which I go
Any other ideas? Remember, the « towards » cannot go at the end.

12. En Français, Let’s make this work:
Voici le parc je vais vers lequel. (Here is the parc I go towards which)
Let’s turn it into « here is the park towards which I go »
Voici le parc vers lequel je vais.

13. One more example: How would I say: Here is the pen I write with?
Let’s translate literally « Voici le stylo J’écris avec »
There is a preposition last! SO, let’s put a form of lequel after it.
the noun in the sentence is a « le » word, so let’s use lequel.
Voici le stylo J’écris avec lequel (here is the pen I write with which)
How can we make sense of this? « here is the pen with which I write »
Voici le stylo avec lequel J’écris.

14. In your notes: Refaites en français: Here is the house I live in
Here is the pen I like to write with
I like the girl I dance with
I like the person (la personne) I go out with.