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Prepositional Pronouns

Prepositional Pronouns. So what are prepositional pronouns? They’re pronouns that follow prepositions. Unfortunately, these days the next question is “What are prepositions?” You shouldn’t reach college without knowing what prepositions are. Unfortunately, many of you have.

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Prepositional Pronouns

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  1. Prepositional Pronouns

  2. So what are prepositional pronouns? They’re pronouns that follow prepositions. Unfortunately, these days the next question is “What are prepositions?” You shouldn’t reach college without knowing what prepositions are. Unfortunately, many of you have.

  3. Prepositions are words that show the relationship between other words. The boy with the gorgeous smile is my brother. “With” shows the relationship between “boy” and “smile.” He lives in Alaska. “In” shows the relationship between “lives” and “Alaska.”

  4. In English, prepositions are usually, but not always, short words: of from to at in near for under over with BUT between beneath during before beside inside outside

  5. A large number of Spanish prepositions have “de” with them: después de--after antes de--before debajo de--under cerca de--near al lado de--beside dentro de--inside fuera de--outside entre—between con—with en—in, at, on sobre—on, about de—from durante—during a—to por—for, by para--for

  6. In English, direct object pronouns (d.o.), indirect object pronouns (i.o.), and prepositional pronouns (p.p.) are all the same: me us you y’all him,her,it them d.o. i.o p.p. Juan sees me./Juan gave me the rose./Juan lives near me.

  7. In Spanish, however, there are three different sets: direct indirect me nos me nos te os te os lo, la los, las le les prepositional mí nosotros ti vosotros él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds.

  8. Let’s look at those again: prepositional nosotros vosotros él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds. They look a little familiar. That’s because, with the exception of “mí” and “ti,” they’re identical to SUBJECT pronouns: nosotros vosotros él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds. mí ti yo tú

  9. “Mí” probably also looks a little familiar. That’s because you’ve had “mi.” Remember what it means? “My”—mi casa. So the accent mark is important. It makes the difference between a prepositional PRONOUN (mí) and a possessive ADJECTIVE (mi).

  10. Let’s see what these pronouns look like in context: Juan habla con ella. Yo compré un libro para ti. Elisa vive cerca de mí. Esa carta es de nosotros.

  11. So it’s simple. Whenever you have a preposition and need a pronoun after it, use one of these: prepositional mí nosotros ti vosotros él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds.

  12. And you’ll never guess how you’ll be tested over it: multiple choice But there’s a catch. You’ll have direct objects, indirect objects, reflexives, subjects, and possessives mixed in there. So it might be a good idea to review them.

  13. prepositional subject mí nosotros yo nosotros ti vosotros tú vosotros él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds. él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds. direct object indirect object me nos me nos te os te os lo, la los, las le les reflexive possessive ADJECTIVES me nos mi nuestro te os tu vuestro se se su su

  14. Click here to go to your first homework exercise. Click here to go to your second homework exercise. Below are links to other pronoun lessons: Direct objects Indirect objects Reflexive Subject Possessive ADJECTIVES

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