"The women are working in a restaurant."

Translation: Les femmes travaillent dans un restaurant.

[yyq9bu]

Is is possible to say 'aux restaurant'

[Sitesurf]

"Aux" is the contraction of "à" + "les", so it precedes a plural noun.

Before a singular masculine noun, "à" + "le" contracts to "au".

[yyq9bu]

Why not 'au restaurant?'

[Ripcurlgirl]

As they are working inside a restaurant the correct preposition here is "dans".

[Sitesurf]

Since "au" is the contraction for "à+le", the use of "au" makes the restaurant specific, as in "the women are working in the restaurant".

[semaphoredm]

Why not 'resto'? Is it slang?