PREPOSITIONS

By Jorge de Jesus Salazar

Hector Blanco Corona

A word or group of words that show the relationship between things in time and space. 

DEFINITIONS

•La Preposición es aquella parte invariable en la oración que se encarga de unir las palabras denotando la relación que estas tienen entre sí.

Are short words (on, in, to) that usually

stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs).

Preposiciones de Tiempo:

1. "durante"2. "después de haber"

3. "antes de estar"

Preposición EjemploA Me fui a Japón.Ante La niña se paró ante mí.Bajo Tu lápiz lo encontré bajo la cama.Cabe No cabe duda que llegarás a la hora.Con Viajamos con mi familia al Norte.Contra El niño fue vacunado contra la gripe.De La casa de Camilo se vendió.Desde Ellos trabajaron desde las 6 de la tarde.En En verano acostumbramos a salir.Entre Encontré a tu hermano entre la gente.Hacia El conductor se dirigió hacia su destino.Hasta No vino hasta que lo llamé.Para Para Navidad prepararé una gran cena.Por Tres veces por semana, la visito.Según Se hará según lo establecido.So Compré un regalo so grande para ti.Sin Participó sin saber los requisitos.Sobre No dejaron de hablar sobre el problema.Tras Tras la pelea, se reconciliaron.

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME: 

o We use at to designate specific times.The train is due at 12:15 p.m.

o We use on to designate days and dates.My brother is coming on Monday.We're having a party on the Fourth of July.

o We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.She likes to jog in the morning.It's too cold in winter to run outside.He started the job in 1971.He's going to quit in August.

English Usage Exampleon days of the week on Mondayin months / seasons

time of day year after a certain period of

time (when?)

in August / in winterin the morningin 2006in an hour

at for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?)

at nightat the weekendat half past nine

since from a certain point of time (past till now)

since 1980

for over a certain period of time (past till now)

for 2 years

ago a certain time in the past 2 years agobefore earlier than a certain point of time before 2004 to telling the time ten to six (5:50)past telling the time ten past six (6:10)

to / till / until

marking the beginning and end of a period of time

from Monday to/till Friday

till / until in the sense of how long something is going to last

He is on holiday until Friday.

by in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time

I will be back by 6 o’clock.By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE:

We use at for specific addresses.Grammar English lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.

We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc.Her house is on Boretz Road.

And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).She lives in Durham.Durham is in Windham County.Windham County is in Connecticut.

English Usage Example by,

next to,

beside

left or right of somebody or something

Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car.

under on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else

the bag is under the tablebelow lower than something else but

above groundthe fish are below the surface

over covered by something elsemeaning more thangetting to the other side

(also across)overcoming an obstacle

put a jacket over your shirtover 16 years of agewalk over the bridgeclimb over the wall

above higher than something else, but not directly over it

a path above the lake acro

ss getting to the other side

(also over) getting to the other side

walk across the bridge swim across the lake

through something with limits on top, bottom and the sides

drive through the tunnelto movement to person or

buildingmovement to a place or

countryfor bed

go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed

into enter a room / a building

go into the kitchen / the house

towards movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it)

go 5 steps towards the house

onto movement to the top of Something

jump onto the table

fromin the sense of where from

a flower from the garden

DIRECTION

PREPOSITIONS fromoverleftrightthroughunder

aantebajocabeconde

desdecontraenentrehaciahastapara

porsegúnsinsosobretras

Clasificación de las preposiciones.