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.
