Syntaxdifficulty 1
basic-prepositions
SentenceCommon prepositions beyond por/para: de, a, en, con, sin, sobre, entre, hasta, desde, hacia, contra. Each maps to multiple English prepositions depending on context.
Examples
Estoy en casa.
→ I am at home.
en covers in/at/on for static location.
Voy a Madrid.
→ I''m going to Madrid.
a marks destination.
Un libro de María.
→ A book of María''s / by María.
de covers possession, origin, material, topic.
Words in this rule
| Word | English |
|---|---|
| de | from |
| en | in |
| con | with |
| sobre | about |
| mediante | through |
| entre | between |
| desde | since |
| durante | during |
| contra | against |
| sin | without |
| hasta | until |
| hacia | towards |
| excepto | except |
| a | unto |
| al | to the (a + el) |
| ante | before, facing |
| del | of the (de + el) |
| salvo | except |
| según | according to |
| tras | after |
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