Prepositions

LIST OF PREPOSITIONS

à	at, in, on, to	• This is not to be confused with the il/elle/on form of avoir (il a). • Remember: à+le becomes au; à+les becomes aux • There are varied uses of à. • à can be used with de to mean from...to. • Other uses of à are: to describe how someone looks or what he/she is wearing, what a certain thing is made of, how something is done, mode of traveling, what a thing is used for, to tell a certain time, for distances or rates, and in common sayings and phrases. • Examples: à la maison (could mean at home or to the house depending on how it is used) à la campagne (in the country) au lit (in bed) de Londres à Paris (From London to France) au premier étage (on the first floor) à Noël (at Christmas) à bientôt (see you soon!)
après	after	Examples: après vous! (after you!) après le déjeuner. (after lunch)
avant	before	Examples: avant toi (before you) avant la maison (before the house)
avec	with	Examples: avec moi (with me) avec mon père (with my father)
chez	at/to __'s house or place; on/from the area of, from/at __'s	Examples: chez moi (at my place) Elle est chez Frederic (She's at Frederic's house) Elle va chez Frederic (She's going to Frederic's house)
contre	against	Example: contre le mur (against the wall)
dans	in(side), into	Examples: dans deux mois (in two months) ll est dans sa chambre. (he's in his room)
de	of, from	• de+le becomes du, de+les becomes des • de becomes d' when it comes before a word that starts with a vowel, h, or the word y. • Used with à to mean from... to. • Used to tell who or what something belongs to. • Tells us what something is made of. • Tells us what a thing is used for. • Used in superlatives • Used in phrases that refer to quantities. Examples: de Paris (from Paris) un ami de la famille (friend of the family) un tasse de café (a cup of coffee)
depuis	since, from, for	• Can be used to talk about an action that started in the past and is still going on (present tense is used for this) Examples: je travaille depuis deux jours (I've been working for two days) depuis 1922 (since 1922)
derrière	behind	Example: derrière la porte (behind the door)
devant	in front of, outside (the front of)	Example: Elle est assis devant moi. (she's sitting in front of me)
en	in	• en is never followed by articles like le, du, des. • Usually being used with feminine countries and some figurative expressions. • Can also talk about years and months and seasons. Examples: Nous habitons en France. (we live in France) en 1983 (in 1983) en janvier (in January) en hiver (in winter) en train (in train)
entre	between, among	• Entre...et means between..and in English. Example: Le bureau est fermé entre 13 et 14 heures. (The office is closed between 1 and 2 pm)
envers	towards	• Envers is used to mean"towards" as in an action to a person. (Example: She was hostile towards him.) • When referring to a physical motion such as going towards something, vers is used.
environ	about, approximately	Example: environ 20 personnes. (about 20 persons)
par	by, through, per, with	Examples: deux par deux (two by two) par email (by email)
pendant	During, for	Examples: pendant l'été (during the summer) pendant plusieurs mois (for several months)
pour	For, in order to	Examples: pour homme (for him) pour Paris (for Paris)
sans	without	Example: sans sucre (without sugar)
sauf	except	Example: Tout le monde vient sauf lui. (everyone's coming except him.)
selon	according to, depending on
sous	under(neath)	Example: sous terre (underground)
sur	on	Examples: sur la table (on the table) sur la politique (on politics)
vers	towards	Also applicable for use with dates to mean "in around...", "circa..."

OTHER PREPOSITIONS

Some prepositions contain more than a single word. These are the following:

au bord de	at the edge of at the side of
au bout de	after
à cause de	because of
au-dessous de	below
au-dessus de	above
au fond de	at the bottom of
au milieu de	in the middle of

Source

https://www.talkinfrench.com/basics-french-prepositions/