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Contraction "Au"
I'm on French level 1, lesson 18 and I'm a little confused by the use of the contraction "au." If I understand correctly, au is "a + le/la." Thus, "at work" is "au travail." But in this same lesson, "at home" is said "a la maison." They seem to be basically the construction to me, but one uses the contraction and one doesn't. Why is this? Is "au" used only with masculine words?