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Jul 24, 2012 - 04:18 PM
After the prepositions "sur", "dans", "jusqu'à" etc after any preposition you always have to use the article:
dans la rue Voltaire on Voltaire Street
Sur l'avenue des Champs Elysées On the Champs Elysees Avenue
Now when we say: Je vais à l'hôtel Ritz, rue sept/Balzac I'm going to the Ritz Hotel, street seven/Balzac
we imply: "dans la" rue sept/Balzac
In common everyday speech it's possible to omit the preposition and the article when giving an address, for example:
Elle habite rue Saint Honoré She lives (on) Saint Honoré Street (or "dans la rue St H...")
Je vais rue Marande I'm going (to) Marande Street (or "à la rue M...")
That's what we did in: C'est rue vingt-sept /It's (on) Street twenty-seven (though streets never have numbers in France....! -that was written before I worked with Fluenz but I would loooove to change this ;))
Anyway, I hope my answers make sense and help!
dans la rue Voltaire on Voltaire Street
Sur l'avenue des Champs Elysées On the Champs Elysees Avenue
Now when we say: Je vais à l'hôtel Ritz, rue sept/Balzac I'm going to the Ritz Hotel, street seven/Balzac
we imply: "dans la" rue sept/Balzac
In common everyday speech it's possible to omit the preposition and the article when giving an address, for example:
Elle habite rue Saint Honoré She lives (on) Saint Honoré Street (or "dans la rue St H...")
Je vais rue Marande I'm going (to) Marande Street (or "à la rue M...")
That's what we did in: C'est rue vingt-sept /It's (on) Street twenty-seven (though streets never have numbers in France....! -that was written before I worked with Fluenz but I would loooove to change this ;))
Anyway, I hope my answers make sense and help!