The Prepositional phrases just like prepositions link words in a sentence. Prepositional phrases are composed of two or more words. The words can be: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs or prepositions. We will discuss the most common prepositional phrases.
In this lesson we will study the following prepositional phrases: au-delà de, au-dessous de, au-dessus de, au lieu de, au milieu de, auprès de
For example:
Nous devons admettre que les résultats que vous avez obtenus sont bien au-delà de nos espérances.
We have to admit that the results you obtained are well beyond our expectations.
In this lesson we will study the following prepositional phrases: au-delà de, au-dessous de, au-dessus de, au lieu de, au milieu de, auprès de
au-delà de
“au-delà de” means beyond and sometimes it can mean “over”. It is always followed with a noun or a noun phrase.For example:
Nous devons admettre que les résultats que vous avez obtenus sont bien au-delà de nos espérances.
We have to admit that the results you obtained are well beyond our expectations.