Names of Places in French
In French when you want to say you are going to a place you will always use “to the + name of the place” along with the verb aller which means to go.
à is to and the can be le/la/les depending on whether the pace is masculine, feminine or plural.
To say “to the” we use contracted articles like,
Contractions of the french definite articles with à to mean- ‘to the’
- à+ le = au – Je vais au marché.
 - à+ la = à la – Elles vont à la piscine.
 - à + les = aux – Ils vont aux Ètats-Unis.
 - à+l’- à l’ = Tu vas à l’école?.
 

| French Phrase | English Meaning | 
| à l’école | at the school | 
| au cinéma | at the cinema | 
| à l’église | at the church | 
| à la mairie | at the town hall | 
| à la poste | at the post office | 
| au théâtre | at the theater | 
| à la tour | at the tower | 
| à la ville | in the city | 
| à la plage | at the beach | 
| à la piscine | at the swimming pool | 
| à la place | at the square | 
| au centre-ville | in the city center | 
| au centre commercial | at the shopping center | 
| à la stade | at the stadium | 
| au centre sportif | at the sports center | 
| au restaurant | at the restaurant | 
| au parc | at the park | 
| à l’hôpital | at the hospital | 
| Une auberge de jeunesse | Youth hostel | 
| à la montagne | in the mountains | 
| à la campagne | in the countryside | 
| aux magasins | at the stores | 
| au café | at the café | 
| à l’épicerie | at the grocery store | 
| à la boulangerie | at the bakery | 
| à la pâtisserie | at the pastry shop | 
| à la boucherie | at the butcher’s shop | 
| à la bibliothèque | at the library | 
| à la librairie | at the bookstore | 
| au musée | at the museum | 
| à la cathédrale | at the cathedral | 
| au jardin | at the garden | 
| à la papeterie | at the stationery store | 
Note: “aux magasins” translates to “At the stores” where “magasins” means “stores” in French.
