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What is the capital of Tunisia?

Bienvenue “chez”, “sur”, “à”, or with another preposition?

I would imagine it depends on where you are.

  • Bienvenue chez moi. — Welcome to my house.
  • Bienvenue sur Terre, sur le vol — Welcome to the flight (you’re on the flight), welcome to earth (you’re on earth)
  • Bienvenue à Paris — Welcome to Paris.
  • Chez: used if followed by a noun owning the designated location (Bienvenue chez le coiffeur)
  • Sur: used if you’re on (sur) the location. Same goes for in (dans : Bienvenue dans la Matrice) and so on.
  • En: used if the location is a region/country/etc with a feminine name that is not an island (Bienvenue en France [LA France]) or masculine name starting with a vowel or non-aspirated consonant (en Hollande)
  • À: used if the location is:
    1. other regions/countries/etc with a masculine name (will most likely be au in this case, I can’t think of one where it is à) or islands (Bienvenue au Canada/à Madagascar)
    2. or a proper noun/a designation of a unique place (in the context of the current discussion) (Bienvenue à Paris/au restaurant dont je t’ai parlé)

Those are not academic rules, just my two cents.


thanks to PapaPoule for the clarification on feminine/masculine names for regions/countries

thanks to Circeus for the clarification about island names

 

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What is the capital of Tunisia?