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Prepositions - An Introduction

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Spanish Prepositions - Theory
Prepositions are words that help us to establish relations between different elements of a sentence. They can show a movement, time and position relationship among two or more objects within the sentence.

Spanish prepositions do not take on masculine and feminine or singular and plural. They will always have the same form. Prepositions can be single, formed by only one word, or complex, formed by more than one word.

Single Prepositions
a - at, toSound

ante - before, compared toSound

bajo - under, belowSound

con - withSound

contra - againstSound

de - of, aboutSound

desde - since, fromSound

durante - during, forSound

en - in, on, into, bySound

entre - between, among, amongstSound

excepto - with the exception ofSound

hacia - towards, about, aroundSound

hasta - as far as, up to, until, tillSound

mediante - by means ofSound

para - for, to, towardsSound

por - because of, to, for, by, through, perSound

salvo - except (for)Sound

según - according to, depending onSound

sin - withoutSound

sobre - on top of, over, above, about, uponSound

tras - behind, afterSound
Complex Prepositions
además de - as well as, in addition toSound

al lado de - besideSound

alrededor de - around, aboutSound

antes de - beforeSound

a pesar de - despiteSound

cerca de - near, close toSound

con respecto a - with respect toSound

de acuerdo con - in accordance withSound

debajo de - under, underneathSound

delante de - in front ofSound

dentro de - in, inside, into, withinSound

después de - afterSound

detrás de - behindSound

encima de - on top of, aboveSound

en cuanto a - in this regardSound

enfrente de - oppositeSound

frente a - opposite, towardsSound

fuera de - except for, apart fromSound

junto a - next to, right by, nearSound

lejos de - far away fromSound
More Theory
Examples - para

for me
para mi

for you
para ti

for you (sir, madam)
para usted

for him
para él

for her
para ella

for us
para nosotros

for you all
para ustedes

for them (males)
para ellos

for them (females)
para ellas

Examples - con
The word "with" in Spanish is "con". It is a special case with the following pattern.

with me
conmigo

with you
contigo

with you (sir, madam)

with him
con él

with her
con ella

with us
con nosotros

with you all
con ustedes

with them (males)
con ellos

with them (females)
con ellas

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