Americas

Trinité-et-Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

no article

Going there, being there

à Trinité-et-Tobago

Coming from

de Trinité-et-Tobago

Why

Trinité-et-Tobago takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Trinité-et-Tobago.

The people

un Trinidadien, une Trinidadienne

Official language

anglais

Capital

Port-d'Espagne

Example

Le carnaval est célèbre à Trinité-et-Tobago.

The carnival is famous in Trinidad and Tobago.

Worth knowing

Names built with et take no article: à Trinité-et-Tobago, like à Antigua-et-Barbuda and à Sao Tomé-et-Principe.

Read the full lesson : Prepositions of place →

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