Thursday, February 16, 2017

Grammar - Prepositions of Place


What is a preposition?

Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence. It indicate where the person, places and objects are located. (Son palabras que se relaciona entre el nombre y pronombre y otras palabras o elementos del resto de la oracion. Indica la ubicacion de personas, lugares u objetos.)

It is important that you need to know about prepositions is that they are always in prepositional phrases. ( Es importante que sepas que en la preposicion encontraras frases como: with (con), in (en), under (debajo), across (cruzando), above (encima), below (debajo), in front of (frente de), through (a travez de), on (dentro), over (sobre), besides (al lado), behind (detras), by (por), for (por, para), from (desde, de), between (entre medio o en medio de), opposite (opuesto), at (en, al).


example: The cake with nuts fell onto the floor. (El pastel con nueces cayo en el piso

               My pencil is in the table. (El lapiz esta en la mesa.)

               I was besides of the board. (Yo estaba al lado de la pizarra.)

Where am I? where is? where was? where were? or where are?Use the word ‘where’ and other prepositions of place to ask where things, person or place are located.  





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Prepositions of Time (Preposiciones de Tiempo) - at, in, on

We use:
  • at  (a, en o  en la) for a PRECISE TIME or addresses or specific location (Por un tiempo PRECISO o direcciones o ubicación específica)
  • in (en) for MONTHS (meses), YEARS (anos), CENTURIES (siglos) and LONG PERIODS (periodos de tiempo)
  • on (en) for DAYS (dias) and DATES (fechas)











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VOCABULARY WORDS FOR LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS:

turn on the right (gira a la derecha) - turn on the left (gira a la izquierda) - down stairs (bajar las escaleras) - up stairs (suba las escaleras) -  next to (al lado de) - go straight ahead (ir recto o  siga directo)- how far is...( ¿qué tan lejos ...) - near from (cerca desde)- close to (cerca de)- around the corner of/from (cerca de - en la esquina de / desde) - across from (cruzando desde) - cross the street (cruza la calle)- between (entre medio de) - go past (continua despues de)

PHRASES FOR LOCATION AND DIRECTION:

 how far is from....? (cuan lejos esta desde) - where is the (donde esta el/la o  los/as)....? How can I get to....? (como puedo llegar a)  - Could you tell me where.....is? (podrias decirme donde esta...) - Do you know where the.....is? (sabe usted donde esta...) Could you tell how to get to.....? (podrias decirme como puedo llegar a...) Excuse me, (I am, he or she is, they or we are) looking for the nearest...... (disculpe, estoy/estan/estamos buscando lo mas cercano a...) - where is it? (donde esta)






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