![]() ![]() – To express position approximately in space (“under”, “beneath”):Įj: Hay una moneda bajo la mesa (There is a coin under the table) We use “bajo” commonly in a figurative sense and we can translate it to English as “beneath”). The similar word “debajo” is used more frequently. To describe a situation figurative “faced with”, “in respect of”:Įj: Ante esa situación no podemos hacer nada (Facing this situation we can’t do anything else)Įj: Eligiría la ciudad ante un pueblo (I would choose a city over a village)īajo= under (This word means literally under but it is more associated to a formal context. ![]() ![]() – To describe or express a situation literally “in front of”, “before”:Įj: Se paró ante la casa (He/She stopped in front of the house) La canción suena a Rock (The song sounds like rock)Įj: El coche va a120 km/h(the car goes at120 Km/h)Įl precio es 10 euros a la hora (the rate is 10 euros per hour) La cerveza sabe a cebada (The beer tastes like barley) ¿Has visto a los perros? (Did you see the dogs?)Įj: Vamos al (a + el) cine (Let’s go to the movies)įue a España el años pasado (He/she went to Spain last year)Įj: Me acuesto a las 11 (I go to sleep at 11)Įl partido empieza a las 8 (the game starts at 8)Įj: Tiró la bolsa a la basura (He/she threw the bag to the bin)Įj: El jardín huele a flores (The garden smells of flours) – To refer to specific people, places or animals as direct objects. – To express the idea of direction towards something, someone or somewhere.ĮJ: Entrada a centro de ciudad (Access to city centre) Now we are going to study the most common prepositions in Spanish giving examples to illustrate the way they go in a sentence. They can be one of the most challenging aspects when learning Spanish. Every language use the prepositions in very different contexts and situations, meaning that you shouldn’t translate one preposition in Spanish to English because this could change depending on the verb that goes with. Prepositions are one of this these things that you cannot learn by heart. In Spanish you will always find an object following a preposition while in English, sometimes a preposition can appear at the end of a sentence. One big difference in terms of prepositions between these two languages is the position. In both languages, English and Spanish, prepositions are followed by an object, which is frequently a noun. In Spanish they are used to link a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun with the rest of the sentence to indicate location, direction, time, etc. Spanish Prepositions (preposiciones) are words that are placed before (pre-posed) another word to express the relationship between the words that they articulate. ![]()
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