USO DE LAS PREPOSICIONES

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The dog is on the sofa

The lamp is near the dog
The cat is in front of the dog
about alrededor de, sobre above por encima de
after detrás de, después among entre (tres o más)
de
at en, junto a before antes de, delante de
behind detrás de below debajo de
beneath debajo de beside junto a
between entre (dos o más) but excepto, pero
by por, junto a down hacia abajo
para, por, durante,
except excepto for
desde hace
from de, desde in en, dentro de
into en, adentro like como, igual a
near cerca de of de
de (alejándose),
off on en, sobre
fuera de
over por encima de, al since desde
otro lado
through a través de throughout por todo
till = until hasta to a, hasta, hacia
under por debajo de up hacia arriba
(poniendo) sobre,
upon with con
encima
without sin
 Use of prepositions

• Provides a link between two words or other

elements in the sentence
I'll see you at five o'clock / Te veré a las cinco.
• You can accompany a verb acting as liaison to
its complement. In this case, can not alter the
meaning of the verb or alter it to what
constitutes a different word.
To look / Mirar (no altera el significado del
verbo)
To look after / Cuidar de (se altera el significado
del verbo)
• When we put a verb after a preposition, in
English commonly used as 'ing' and not the
infinitive.
You shouldn’t go to India without visiting the
Taj Mahal.
No deberías ir a la India sin visitar el Taj
Mahal.
I’m interested in studying psychology. / Estoy
interesado en estudiar psicología
 POSITION PREPOSITIONS

• Generally, they are placed before the noun or

pronoun, except in the following cases
a.) With the relative pronoun, when followed by
a preposition, it can be placed in final position.
The girls I study with / Las muchachas con las
que estudio (en lugar de: The girls with whom I
study)
b.) In interrogative sentences when they start a
interrogative pronoun:
Who were you speaking to? / ¿con quién
estabas hablando? (en lugar de: To whom
were you speaking?)